Need Help Identifying Device Pounding PiHole Twice Every 2 Seconds

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@PrOLiNe

I have it blocked.

Why?

@PrOLiNe

all PiHole logs show requests from router itself

Shift to using Pi-hole as the DHCP server, and you will see individual client traffic. That will help you narrow down the requesting client.

How do I use Pi-hole's built in DHCP server (and why would I want to)?

Using Your Existing Router For Network-wide Ad Blocking You might not need to use Pi-hole's DHCP server: In many home environments, your router also functions as your DHCP server. In this case, you can often set Pi-hole to be the DNS server for your network clients in the router's DHCP (or LAN) settings page, which allows all of your network clients to block ads simply by connecting to the network. Setting it up this way is also what makes Pi-hole very powerful for network-wide ad blocking. …