How do I use dnsmasq to have the pihole bypass a device?

[veryconfused]

My pihole is my DHCP server. I know it can be done, I just dont know how to properly do it and format everything correctly. From what I understand, you create a rule and specify an alternate DNS you want to use for the device (which is not the piholes IP) and then it just skips the pihole. I've searched this website and it looks like there are several ways to do it but I dont know the "best" way. I have also seen this posted as an example here but I cant make heads or tails of it. Thanks for any help.

[jfb]

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…

[DL6ER]

Note that the upcoming Pi-hole v5.0 will allow you to configure clients in any imaginable way, the documentation is already mentioning this:

Pi-hole v5.0 release documentation

Stay tuned.