# Pihole on netgear router and alexa

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-on-netgear-router-and-alexa/50653
**Category:** Community Help
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-on-netgear-router-and-alexa/50653 "2021-10-27T00:22:53Z")
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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: [October 27, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-on-netgear-router-and-alexa/50653/4 "2021-10-27T01:31:47Z")

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> [@cyberwasp](#):
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> Secondary DNS is google 8.8.8.8

Don't do this. There is no reliable concept of **primary** and **secondary**. Given multiple DNS servers, clients are free to use any of them at any time, and this frequently leads to DNS traffic bypassing Pi-hole.

> [@Why should Pi-hole be my only DNS server?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/why-should-pi-hole-be-my-only-dns-server/3376):
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> 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 serv…

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