# HOWTO: Using pi-hole as LAN DNS server

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/howto-using-pi-hole-as-lan-dns-server/533>\
**Category:** Community How-to's\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/howto-using-pi-hole-as-lan-dns-server/533 "2016-11-09T18:31:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/howto-using-pi-hole-as-lan-dns-server/533/70 "2019-10-12T08:03:54Z")

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> [@PeskyPiHole](#):
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> Hos does option 2 work? Which settings should i use?

This feature is called "Conditional Forwarding".

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