DNS server doesn't work until I issue "pihole restartdns" on login

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Pihole with Standard Install

Expected Behaviour:

Running Pi-hole on RPi-4b booting off USB (not micro-SD card). The expected behaviour is for pi-hole to work after restarting the system but whenever my rpi restarts I have to run the "pihole restartdns" command or I can't access the internet. Local connections still work (as expected).

Actual Behaviour:

DNS server is not properly re-routing traffic on fresh boot. Required to restart the dns for the server to work properly.

Debug Token:

https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/auvKxba2/

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It sounds a bit like your interface is not ready when Pi-hole has started. You could try to postpone the start by 5 seconds to give the interface some more time.

Add DELAY_STARTUP=5 to /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf and restart Pi-hole.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/#delay_startup

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Just edited my configuration file with your suggested 5-second delay, I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for your help!

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