# Pihole, unbound, router

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-unbound-router/50054>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 1, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-unbound-router/50054 "2021-10-01T10:25:46Z")\
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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 1, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-unbound-router/50054/3 "2021-10-01T14:21:44Z")

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> [@Why do I only see my router's IP address instead of individual devices in the Top Clients section and Query Log?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/why-do-i-only-see-my-routers-ip-address-instead-of-individual-devices-in-the-top-clients-section-and-query-log/3653):
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> A nice feature of Pi-hole is that you can see which network devices are sending out the most DNS queries. For every device that is [using Pi-hole as their DNS server](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-configure-my-devices-to-use-pi-hole-as-their-dns-server/245), you can also see which DNS queries each one has made. But depending on a few things, you may only see a single host in your Top Clients section, which is not as useful. This isn't detrimental to the performance of your Pi-hole; it just provides you with less insight into [what's happening on your network](https://pi-hole.net/2017/02/22/what-really-happens-on-your-network-find-out-with-pi-hole/). So w…

> [@Pakikje](#):
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> My router points to (dns1 = pihole, dns2 = 8.8.8.8)

Don't do this. Having a DNS other than Pi-hole available to clients will allow some (or perhaps all) of the DNS traffic to bypass 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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