I'm having problems with pihole and unbound and two fresh installs of raspberry pi 5's

[Jason39]

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Expected Behaviour:

Two Raspberry pi 5's, Raspberry pi OS (Full)
I should be getting more requests in the query log that would be getting blocked but I'm barely getting any requests. I had this problem before that someone helped me out with but I can't seem to find the answer again.

Actual Behaviour:

Very few requests coming from my devices and low count of requests being blocked.

Debug Token:

https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/pwVd6nhK/

[Bucking_Horn]

Your debug log shows that your router's DHCP server is distributing itself as DNS server besides your two Pi-holes:

*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Discovering active DHCP servers (takes 10 seconds)
   Scanning all your interfaces for DHCP servers
   
   * Received 306 bytes from eth0:192.168.50.1
     Offered IP address: 192.168.50.236
     DHCP options:
      Message type: DHCPOFFER (2)
      dns-server: 192.168.50.236
      dns-server: 192.168.50.239
      dns-server: 192.168.50.1
      router: 192.168.50.1
      --- end of options ---

This allows your DHCP clients to by-pass Pi-hole via 192.168.50.1 at their discretion.

You have to configure your router to distribute only your Pi-hole hosts IP addresses.

[Jason39]

Hey, I figured it out so thank you.

I had to turn off DHCP from my router and allow Pihole to manage DHCP. I also flushed the DNS on my Windows 11 install to relist the DNS. Thanks again!