# Turning off router DCHP

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/turning-off-router-dchp/31134
**Category:** General
**Created:** [April 26, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/turning-off-router-dchp/31134 "2020-04-26T20:22:42Z")
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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: [April 26, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/turning-off-router-dchp/31134/4 "2020-04-26T21:16:19Z")

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This is not the case. Many users (me included) have the router serve DHCP and the router assigns the Pi-hole as DNS.

Using the Pi-hole DHCP server is optional.

> [@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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