"No internet" when setting Pi-Hole as DNS server

[deHakkelaar]

@cyrnet

as soon as I set the router DNS setting to the Pi-Hole

@anon94500823

after setting the router’s “LAN” DNS to the PiHole

More specific, you only have to set the DHCP service DNS setting on the router:

Setup help pihole and tp link router, some devices no internet.

EDIT: I was just to post below @jfb Setup router as described in below FAQ (methods 1 or 2): Disconnect client(s) from network and reconnect. Check what DNS server(s) is/are assigned to the clients via the router DHCP service. On Linux/MacOS clients run below: cat /etc/resolv.conf Or if Linux network-manager is installed, check profiles: nmcli connection show --active nmcli connection show <UUID> | grep -i dns Or on Windows clients: ipconfig /all | findstr "Server" Or on And…

If dont have those settings on the router, you can try do below:

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. W…