Thanks for the response guys.
So nmap and pihole-FTL both shows only one DNS server and that is the routers address itself, not pi-hole (10.0.0.10). Output attached below.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo nmap -sU -p67 --script dhcp-discover 10.0.0.1
Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2021-01-25 00:42 GMT
Nmap scan report for 10.0.0.1
Host is up (0.00059s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
67/udp open dhcps
| dhcp-discover:
| DHCP Message Type: DHCPACK
| Server Identifier: 10.0.0.1
| Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
| Broadcast Address: 10.0.0.255
| Domain Name Server: 10.0.0.1
| NetBIOS Name Server: 10.0.0.1
| Domain Name: mydomainname
|_ Router: 10.0.0.1
deHakkelaar - I read your response here. Few questions:
- Does this mean I have to flash custom firmware on my router to use pihole? Merlin doen't have a stable version for RT-AX86U yet, only a beta version, So I will have to wait.
- Using pi-hole for DHCP - is that recommended?
- Where is pihole getting its current queries from?
- Should I just let is continue as is, since I don't seem to be seeing any ads on any clients while browsing?
- Would changing the DNS setting on the LAN page make any difference?