# Help understanding local DNS
**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-understanding-local-dns/31960
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-understanding-local-dns/31960 "2020-05-11T13:06:47Z")
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Bell](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Mike_Bell)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-understanding-local-dns/31960/1 "2020-05-11T13:06:47Z")
## Expected Behaviour:
Adding local dns entry pve.local 192.168.1.200 should make it available to all devices using pihole on my local network.
## Actual Behaviour:
I'm unable to access pve.local from any machines using pihole as it's DNS (fallback 1.1.1.1). Pinging from the pihole does work though.
Am I understanding this right? If I add these domains it should resolve for everyone on the network?
## Debug Token:
[https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/dzl00ba5pm](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/dzl00ba5pm)
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### Author:  [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-understanding-local-dns/31960/2 "2020-05-11T13:10:33Z")
You should not configure a "fallback" DNS server for the clients:
> [@Why should Pi-hole be my only DNS server?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/why-should-pi-hole-be-my-only-dns-server/3376):
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> Reduced Ad Blocking Capability The main reason you should Pi-hole as your only DNS server is that you will see increased performance in the blocking of ads. If you have two DNS servers (Pi-hole and something else), your network clients may not always query Pi-hole for name resolution. If a query happens to be answered from a non-Pi-hole DNS server, your block lists will not apply (since that DNS server doesn't know about them). All Queries Need To Go Through Pi-hole First Since other DNS serv…
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Bell](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Mike_Bell)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-understanding-local-dns/31960/3 "2020-05-11T13:30:53Z")
Ah awesome, I've removed the fallback dns and also change the tld to home and all seems to be working now.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/help-understanding-local-dns/31960/4 "2020-06-01T13:30:56Z")
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