I have the R7800-V1.0.2.46 stock netgear FW on it because thats what it came with, I did not bother to update because the router is very stable with the stock FW and the performance is good. Now fast forward to the Netgear X4S, I cannot find the DNS option under the lan DHCP server settings. I have a raspberry pi with Pi-Hole installed on it and I used the raspberry's IP address as my DNS on the lan DHCP server page on my asus N66U router to block adds at the router level, this worked very well for me. But its simple and it works.I had an aging Asus N66U router on which the 5Ghz band was failing so after much research I bought the netgear X4S when it was on sale. Everyones own network and usage will be different and there are of course other ways to also accomplish a reliable setup. But of course, see the next and final note. In my opinion, if you have a router or Pihole you cannot trust, you have larger issues with that. But your router and the underlying OS of the Pihole will not show up there. So you can easily track where which ads are coming from and also use the Group Management feature etc. With this setup, all the clients that use DHCP or are manually set to use Pihole will show up as individual devices in your Pihole. And your clients will instead get their DHCP info from Pihole. This way the router cannot give out any IP's through its DHCP because the only IP it could use is taken. Then enable DHCP on Pihole with a IP range that you actually want to use. And make that IP something that is always taken, for example the (manual static) IP of your Pihole. If your router also doesnt allow you to disable LAN DHCP, then set the IP range for it to a single IP. If your router doesnt allow to set a custom DNS for LAN DHCP, you can then disable DHCP for LAN completely on the router and instead enable it on Pihole. Check the clients that they received only the Pihole for DNS and nothing else. You should then see queries coming in on the Pihole query log. Reboot your client(s) so they will refresh their DHCP lease and get the correct infos. Pihole: In the Pihole options, pick whichever upstream DNS provider you prefer (Quad9, Google, Cloudlfare, your own local Unbound, etc.) Dont set it to Pihole itself or you will run into problems later when upgrading etc. Pihole device: In the operating system that Pihole is running on, set the DNS to either the router, or also a outside provider like Quad9. Only if that isnt accepted, try using 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1 for the second field. If it forces you to enter two IP's, enter the same Pihole IP twice. Router: In the LAN (Local Network) DHCP options, for DNS enter only the Pihole IP. Router: In the WAN (Internet) options, leave the DNS as default/automatic (probably your ISP's DNS) or use a provider like Quad9, Google, Cloudflare, etc. Then it will always be reachable under that IP, even if DHCP is not working. Not a reserved automatic IP, but set manually. Pihole device: Make sure the device where Pihole is running on has a manual static IP. Unless its a "special" model given out by a ISP which has a límited firmware.Ī good typical setup that is known to be reliable and cause no problems: I am very confident that a r6700 has the option to change the DNS for LAN clients.
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