Solved DNS Director AX88U Pro

[fotingo]

Tried to search for the issue I am having with DNS Director but did not find it.

I use Pihole as my DNS server and set it up exactly the same way as it was on my previous router AC86U and it was working great.

I configured the Pihole IP in the LAN DHCP as it was on the AC86U.

With this AX88U Pro on the latest Merlin firmware 3004.388.8, I see when using Router as the "global setting" in DNS Director, it breaks internet for all devices.
I have to either turn off DNS Director, or set the Pihole IP in one of the User Defined boxes and set that as the global setting.

I didn't have to do this before. Using Router worked great and all devices connected to the router would use the Pihole DNS automatically.
Is there anything I'm missing or is there a known issue with DNS Director for this model?

 

[Tech9]

Is there anything I'm missing

You have to exclude your Pi-hole from redirecting, obviously. And what is Google DNS doing there, twice?

 

[fotingo]

You have to exclude your Pi-hole from redirecting, obviously.

Yes!, that's what I was missing. I had excluded the Proxmox machine, but forgot to exclude the actual Pihole server.
Google server is there by default twice...not added by me.

Thanks man!

 

[Tech9]

Global Redirection - Router
Pi-hole IP - No Redirection

Remove Google DNS servers.

 

[bennor]

Tried to search for the issue I am having with DNS Director but did not find it.

See my example post here on using Pi-Hole(s) and DNS Director:
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/pihole-dns.74646/page-3#post-712319

PS: This assumes one has set Pi-Hole IP's in the LAN > DNS Severs fields. Example:

 

[fotingo]

@bennor Yes, I had actually followed your instructions when I set up my AC86U, but I just forgot to add the pihole server to "No redirection".

 

[fotingo]

One last thing regarding DNS... on my AC86U, there was an option to "Advertise DNS to clients" which allowed me to use the Pihole DNS when connecting to my network from outside the LAN.

But, I can't find that option on this router. Do you guys know where that could be or if it's named something different?

EDIT:
Found it!

 

[bennor]

EDIT:
Found it!

To help others who may be reading your discussion, post where that setting is located on your RT-AX88U router.

 

[fotingo]

Good idea.. It's under the VPN Server tab/Advanced Settings