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@LongRangeSkeet

I have the pihole set as dns server in my router settings, this way its really simple and I don't have to manually enter it for each device.

A more reliable solution may be to use Pi-hole as the DHCP server, and add a dnsmasq configuration file to manually assign selected clients a DNS other than Pi-hole. Then, there is no interaction between Pi-hole and this subset of clients.

How can I use Pi-hole for all my devices except one (or more)?

Configuring your router's DHCP options to force clients to use Pi-hole as their DNS server is the quickest way to get all of your network devices to use Pi-hole. But what if you want a certain device to not use it? Perhaps a family member is frustrated with white or blacklisting sites. Or maybe you want to log queries for all network devices except for a few. Solution The solution is to manually set the DNS server to on the device you don't want to use Pi-hole with. Setting the DNS server o…