# Devices do not use Pi-hole

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/devices-do-not-use-pi-hole/43876
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/devices-do-not-use-pi-hole/43876 "2021-02-01T18:35:19Z")
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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/devices-do-not-use-pi-hole/43876/6 "2021-02-01T22:20:18Z")

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If you can disable the DHCP server on that router, you can use Pi-hole as the system DHCP server. Even if you cannot, you can restrict the DHCP on the router to a single IP (the IP of Pi-hole) and then setup Pi-hole DHCP on a non-overlapping IP range.

> [@How do I use Pi-hole's built in DHCP server (and why would I want to)?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-use-pi-holes-built-in-dhcp-server-and-why-would-i-want-to/3026):
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> 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](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-configure-my-devices-to-use-pi-hole-as-their-dns-server/245), 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. W…

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