I don't think that is quite what I had in mind (at least I didn't see it as I scrolled through that thread.
This would be my ideal:
Assign a filtered DNS server to specific computers on my network (my kids' devices):
- the strict filter for my youngest kid (from cleanbrowsing.org)
- moderate filter for my older kid (from cleanbrowsing.org)
- security filter for my wife and my machines (either from cleanbrowsing.org or another source like OpenDNS)
But with the above, still have the ad blocking of the Pihole. I also just signed up for NordVPN, so I have been using that on my router to handle the whole network.
I have an Asus RT-AC68 router running Merlin firmware, which has a DNSfilter function that allows you to assign a specific DNS address for up to 99 computers (my MAC address). I lost this functionality after adding the VPN - I might just dump it before my 30 day money back guarantee is up. DNS leaks are another issue, but I am not as worried about that as the family filtering.
As it is set up now, I use the "strict" cleanbrowsing filter network wide, but I am able to bypass the pihole completely on specific addresses, but that basically kills the point of the Pihole for those machines.
I might not be explaining this very well!