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AX3000 Manual DNS setting not taking effect
Good morning everyone. I am using a AX3000 as my main internal router with a AX2400 as a repeater for my downstairs basement. This setup has worked perfectly fine but something I found out the other ...
Alas, you are caught in "the way things work". All residential WiFi routers operate by using DHCP to inform devices that the router itself is the appropriate DNS server. The DNS setting feature informs the router which DNS authority it should use to resolve URLs.
A common work-around is to install a separate DHCP server. The trick there is to find a DHCP server that can be set to do what you want. (i.e. offer specific DNS servers rather than itself. I just checked one common DHCP server, Pi-hole, and it operates the same way as the Orbi router.)
I've used pi-hole both as a stand alone on a ras-pi and hosted on a docker container. It should work.
I didn't use it has dhcp but it did work fine for DNS blocking.
I just recently purchased a mini-pc to use as a opnsense router that I run unbound for DNS ad block and recursive DNS. Pretty fun
That's cool bro