Configuring the WAN DNS settings on router in light of pihole, AND UNbound running on pihole

[deHakkelaar]

Looks like an Asus router.
Best options are:

1. Default router WAN settings;
   Enable the DHCP service in Pi-hole;
   Disable the DHCP service on the router;
   Reboot a client to renew DHCP lease and test with nslookup pi.hole in a cmd prompt.

How do I use Pi-hole's built in DHCP server (and why would I want to)?

Using Your Existing Router For Network-wide Ad Blocking You might not need to use Pi-hole's DHCP server: In many home environments, your router also functions as your DHCP server. In this case, you can often set Pi-hole to be the DNS server for your network clients in the router's DHCP (or LAN) settings page, which allows all of your network clients to block ads simply by connecting to the network. Setting it up this way is also what makes Pi-hole very powerful for network-wide ad blocking. …

2. Flash the Asus stock firmware with the Merlin one (if the router is on the supported list) and push Pi-hole's IP address through DHCP to the clients as the only DNS server;
   Make sure the "Advertise router’s IP in addition to user-specified DNS" setting on the router is switched off.

[fixed] Pi-Hole newbie with DNS issues

Asus routers are known to push their own IP for DNS via DHCP: If want to be sure, install nmap on Pi-hole: sudo apt install nmap And post results for below one (might want to redact some): sudo nmap -sU -p67 --script dhcp-discover 192.168.1.1

All other solutions will not give you individual client stats on the Pi-hole web GUI.