diff --git a/content/blog/piholedhcpdns.md b/content/blog/piholedhcpdns.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..744c18c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/piholedhcpdns.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: "Configuring DHCP DNS in Pihole" +date: 2020-05-25T23:36:51-04:00 +draft: false +tags: ["network"] +--- + +There are two scenarios I can imagine in where you want to configure the DNS set by PiHole + +1. You have multiple PiHole's in your LAN +2. You have a multi-layer DNS setup + +In either case, we can utilize `dnsmasq` configurations in order to set the DNS option. You should already notice `01-pihole.conf` and `02-pihole-dhcp.conf` in `/etc/dnsmasq.d`, we'll need to create one that is numbered `03-*` or greater. I'll use `/etc/dnsmasq.d/03-dhcp-dns.conf` as my example. + +To set the initial DNS server to be from the router. + +``` +dhcp-option=6,192.168.0.1 +``` + +To set multiple DNS servers + +``` +dhcp-option=6,192.168.0.2,192.168.0.3 +``` +