Hi, assuming my primary dnd is from the pi-hole, can I set the default dnd to the secondary, would the pi-hole still be working? I'm asking in case my raspberrypi loses power and I don't lose connection with all my devices.

The secondary DNS should be also the Pihole one. Otherwise there will be a parallel way to bypass the ad traffic Loss of power is no argument as your router would have the same issue in case of ...

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DanSchaper December 3, 2024, 6:54pm 4

Why should Pi-hole be my only DNS server? FAQs

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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