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

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**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/first-time-user-setup-issues-static-ip-changing-dns-server-ip-issues-and-rp3b-no-longer-showing-up-in-router-ip-list/29786 "2020-03-26T23:49:42Z")\
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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:** [March 31, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/first-time-user-setup-issues-static-ip-changing-dns-server-ip-issues-and-rp3b-no-longer-showing-up-in-router-ip-list/29786/18 "2020-03-31T22:22:56Z")

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> [@d5000](#):
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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)?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-can-i-use-pi-hole-for-all-my-devices-except-one-or-more/3372):
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> [Configuring your router's DHCP options to force clients to use 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) 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](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-whitelist-or-blacklist-a-domain/244). 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](https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using#change_your_dns_servers_settings) to on the device you don't want to use Pi-hole with. Setting the DNS server o…

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

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