[First Time User & Setup Issues] Static IP, changing DNS server IP issues, and RP3b+ no longer showing up in router IP list

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can I reserve that device to that mac/IP and then whitelist that entire IP address as a workaround to whitelist the XBOX ONE and anything that comes through it?

No, but you have several options for excluding a client from Pi-hole DNS.

1. If you can manually map the DNS on the client, then assign a DNS other than Pi-hole.

2. With Pi-hole V4, if you are running Pi-hole DHCP server, you can use a dnsmasq configuration file to assign individual clients alternate DNS.

How can I use Pi-hole for all my devices except one (or more)?

Configuring your router's DHCP options to force clients to use Pi-hole as their DNS server is the quickest way to get all of your network devices to use Pi-hole. But what if you want a certain device to not use it? Perhaps a family member is frustrated with white or blacklisting sites. Or maybe you want to log queries for all network devices except for a few. Solution The solution is to manually set the DNS server to on the device you don't want to use Pi-hole with. Setting the DNS server o…

3. With Pi-hole V5, you can exclude clients from blocking directly from the web Admin GUI.