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elDalvini@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I have my pi-hole setup as the upstream DNS in my router, with cloudflare as a secondary DNS. That way, all my devices always use the router for DNS (since that’s what is advertised in my DHCP) and the router then uses pi-hole if it’s available, or cloudflare if it isn’t. But the individual device doesn’t get to choose between different servers.

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taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The vast majority of devices that allow setting multiple DNS servers do not strictly prioritise one over the other even if they label it as primary and secondary.

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- elDalvini@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s why I don’t let every device decide individually. I know my router (FritzBox) prioritizes the pi-hole (it’s even called “preferred” and “alternative” DNS-Server in the UI)
  
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  - taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Those labels are quite common too with systems that do not prioritize one over the other.
    
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AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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).

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