FTLDNS as Local/Internal forward & reverse resolution

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@trikki69

pi-hole won’t resolve the name to the IP

Pi-hole is resolving name to proper IP as proven below:

@trikki69

;; ANSWER SECTION:
eve-ng. 2 IN A 192.168.1.125

Try run below one on one of those workstations on a command line prompt to see which DNS server is answering queries:

nslookup eve-ng

If its anything other than the Pi-hole address, have a look here for proper configuration:

How do I configure my devices to use Pi-hole as their DNS server?

Three methods Generally, there are three different methods that will enable devices on your network to be protected by Pi-hole. 1. Define Pi-hole's IP address as the only DNS entry in the router Rationale Only is italicized here for a reason: Pi-hole needs to be the only DNS server because it intercepts queries and decides whether or not they should be blocked. If you have other DNS servers configured, you may be sent to the correct domain, bypassing Pi-hole completely. Because of this, we re…

EDIT: You can use same tool to query Pi-hole directly:

nslookup eve-ng <PIHOLE_IP_ADDRESS>