# Devices not using Pi-hole

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/devices-not-using-pi-hole/31109>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 26, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/devices-not-using-pi-hole/31109 "2020-04-26T00:21:38Z")\
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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:** [April 27, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/devices-not-using-pi-hole/31109/10 "2020-04-27T14:13:49Z")

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That device is using Pi-hole for DNS.

It is likely that your router is configured in such a way that all the DNS traffic from individual clients is shown as originating from the router, and not from the clients.

> [@Why do I only see my router's IP address instead of individual devices in the Top Clients section and Query Log?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/why-do-i-only-see-my-routers-ip-address-instead-of-individual-devices-in-the-top-clients-section-and-query-log/3653):
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> A nice feature of Pi-hole is that you can see which network devices are sending out the most DNS queries. For every device that is [using Pi-hole as their DNS server](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-configure-my-devices-to-use-pi-hole-as-their-dns-server/245), you can also see which DNS queries each one has made. But depending on a few things, you may only see a single host in your Top Clients section, which is not as useful. This isn't detrimental to the performance of your Pi-hole; it just provides you with less insight into [what's happening on your network](https://pi-hole.net/2017/02/22/what-really-happens-on-your-network-find-out-with-pi-hole/). So w…

Let's take a look at which clients are sending Pi-hole DNS requests. Please post the output of:

`echo ">top-clients withzero (50) >quit" | nc localhost 4711`

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