# Not blocking ads on android phone

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/not-blocking-ads-on-android-phone/17133
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [February 11, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/not-blocking-ads-on-android-phone/17133 "2019-02-11T05:19:00Z")
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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/not-blocking-ads-on-android-phone/17133/2 "2019-02-11T16:30:14Z")

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> [@alnic123](#):
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> My router is a sky hub so it won’t let me change dns settings AFAIK so I have to do it on all devices.

You can use Pi-Hole as your DHCP server. This will automatically assign all network devices to use Pi-Hole as DNS.

> [@How do I use Pi-hole's built in DHCP server (and why would I want to)?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-use-pi-holes-built-in-dhcp-server-and-why-would-i-want-to/3026):
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> 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](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-configure-my-devices-to-use-pi-hole-as-their-dns-server/245), 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…

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