Folks, Have always used the DHCP server on my router but want to use PiHole's DHCP server. Do I have to point my router to Pi-Hole address or is the fact the router is the gateway sufficient? Appreciate I do have to disable the DHCP server on the router. What handles the ARP then, is that still d…

Also it made sense to include it as we provide a DNS server and the easiest way to advertise that DNS service to the clients is via DHCP. With the number of routers and different ways to configure DHCP on them it is often just easier to disable DHCP on the router and use one package with one interfa…

DL6ER January 2, 2018, 8:52pm 6

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

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. …

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