You shouldnt set your router's (client) DNS IP to that of Pi-Hole.
You only need to set one IP address, that of Pi-Hole, in the DHCP server section of your router.
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…
Reduced Ad Blocking Capability
The main reason you should Pi-hole as your only DNS server is that you will see increased performance in the blocking of ads.
If you have two DNS servers (Pi-hole and something else), your network clients may not always query Pi-hole for name resolution. If a query happens to be answered from a non-Pi-hole DNS server, your block lists will not apply (since that DNS server doesn't know about them).
All Queries Need To Go Through Pi-hole First
Since other DNS se…
To understand how Pi-hole works, it's helpful to have a basic understanding of what happens when you visit a Website in your browser. But in a sentence:
Pi-hole intercepts requests for advertisements and prevents them from being downloaded
About this FAQ
This article is meant to be a high-level document that attempts to avoid as much technical jargon as possible.
To keep things simple, I will describe a basic task, like visiting a Website. Using those same steps, I will:
describe what …
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