Comment on When Pi-hole is down?
1984@lemmy.today 9 months agoYeah this is the next best option, but a secondary pihole is the best, so you still get the dns blocking while the first one is down.
Comment on When Pi-hole is down?
1984@lemmy.today 9 months agoYeah this is the next best option, but a secondary pihole is the best, so you still get the dns blocking while the first one is down.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 9 months ago
When it comes to a “secondary”DNS… there is nothing like a primary and secondary DNS server. These indications are quite misleading but many systems adopted it this way. Pihole only list the DNS servers as primary and secondary, because this is what the providers write on their pages. The bad phrasing is supported especially by how Windows handles it.
Most operating systems implement DNS servers as alternatives, not as fallbacks, i.e. they will query any of both servers from time to time, so it is quite likely that you will loose your Pi-hole filtering capabilities (at least partially) [if you specify a secondary DNS server on your network].
The ONLY DNS server you should have set on your network is a/the PiHole(s).
1984@lemmy.today 9 months ago
Didn’t know that, thanks for clarification!
Then I suggest two piholes. :)