Comment on Pi-hole client filtering without DHCP?
This2ShallPass@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You don’t need DHCP, you can just use DNS and then set up different blocking groups based on the device.
The problem with this solution is that is it opt in however. You would need to change all the wifi settings on each device separately to point to Pi-Hole as the DNS. This is something that could easily be disabled as a 12 year old would probably be able to figure out how to change the settings on their mobile devices or computer with a Google search.
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Between my network and the ISP modem, I habe a UniFi router. That’s the one I tell to send DNS requests to Pihole.
The only way to get around that is by setting e.g. 1.1.1.1 into the local computer’s network settings. My boys aren’t that tech literate - yet.