# Secondary DNS Server for DHCP

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/secondary-dns-server-for-dhcp/1874
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [February 24, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/secondary-dns-server-for-dhcp/1874 "2017-02-24T12:38:29Z")
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### Author: ![DL6ER](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dl6er/32/281_2.png) [@DL6ER](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DL6ER)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/secondary-dns-server-for-dhcp/1874/2 "2017-02-24T14:45:16Z")

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We have had a discussion about "secondary" DHCP servers. You may want to look it up.

In short: Most operating systems implement them as alternatives, not as fallbacks, i.e. they will query any of both servers from time to time, so it is quite likely that you will loose your Pi-hole filtering capabilities (at least partially). That is why we have never implemented this.

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