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dns settings not being applied to clients
just got a new RS100 and none of the clients on my network (wired or wireless) will get the DNS IP that i put in. i have tried a number of different ones (my Pi-Hole server, google, Quad9), all clients get the IP of the router itself. i'm only using IPv4, have shut down clients and restarted the router, etc. nothing seems to work. am i missing something? i am using the router as a dhcp server. my older router has no issues
Clients will only get the Router IP address for the DNS. If you input custom DNS on the RS Router, it will use that DNS service to pass thru to the clients.
All NG routers work like this.
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Clients will only get the Router IP address for the DNS. If you input custom DNS on the RS Router, it will use that DNS service to pass thru to the clients.
All NG routers work like this.
what do you mean it will use that DNS service to pass thru to the clients?
so if my router is 192.168.1.1 and my Pi-Hole server is 192.168.1.2 and i set the DNS on the router to .2 but all my clients show .1 you are saying everything should still be going through my Pi-Hole server? thats not the case, i'm getting ads everywhere
The router works as a proxy service for DNS between what is set or auto detected from the ISP then sends and recieivs all this from and to connected clients.
If you have the DNS set for your Pi-Hole, all should flow thru the pi hole.
Not sure what you mean by ads everywhere.
plemans Has worked more with Pi than i.
I use quad9 DNS on my RS router. Works well. I found that for some odd reason, Apple beta updates would not be applied or downloaded on my mac book if the NG router was using ISP detected DNS. I happen to try custome DNS, quad9 and after that change, was apple to get beta updates correctly on my mac book. No sure why ISP DNS isn't working where custom does.
Your devices technically are using the router for DNS. But its getting those records/data from the pihole. You should be able to log into the pihole to check the blocking.
One thing you might find is that you didn't setup specific dns on the pihole. I'd run into that sometimes after upgrades.
If that doesn't work, take a screensnip of the routers internet settings page and the piholes settings so we can check them. Might also post in the pihole forum or even check the old AI for issues with the pihole
well not sure what happened, dont think i made any drastic changes, maybe ip leases had to timeout or something, but now it seems to be working. the dns IP on my clients still point to the router, but now ads and being blocked from the pi-hole and other things are being blocked by OpenDNS, so its working as i expect
thank you all for your guidance and help, much appreciated
Glad you got it working. PBe sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
Enjoy. 📡
