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by AndreasHae 1316 days ago
You can also configure PiHole as a DHCP server that sets itself as the DNS server. This way you only have to configure it once and devices should accept it as the default DNS. Had to do that to sidestep my locked down ISP router config…
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srcreigh 1316 days ago
Ahhh, from the alternate universe where I need to get a stable IP for my server without using Tailscale.

So you just run a 2nd DHCP server, all clients broadcast to every device to find an IP address. In order for the client to choose your server instead of the router, the server has to be faster to respond with an IP address, correct?

At first thought this seems fragile, but then again dhcpcd is the longest segment of my startup time...

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AndreasHae 1314 days ago
Not exactly. I disabled my router‘s built in DHCP server so that they don’t conflict with each other. Luckily it didn’t have _that_ option locked down :)
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