# How to set up IPv6 for Pihole correctly?

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**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-to-set-up-ipv6-for-pihole-correctly/42901 "2021-01-13T09:17:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-to-set-up-ipv6-for-pihole-correctly/42901/15 "2021-01-17T10:39:56Z")

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> [@Bucking\_Horn](#):
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> Have a look whether the KDE server is blocked by some of your blocklists

I looked for that immediately and it isn't. Other websites are failing too. I think it didn't work at all and there were just a few websites left in the DNS cache.

> [@Bucking\_Horn](#):
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> Which tutorial are you referring to?

This one

> [@How do I configure my devices 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):
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> 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…

but it seems I remembered it wrong. It says to either use IPv4 or IPv6.

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