VR400 as access point with pihole

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VR400 as access point with pihole
VR400 as access point with pihole
2022-09-11 14:56:28
Tags: #dns
Model: Archer VR400  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 0.4.0 0.9.1 v0070.0 Build 220126 RC.50521n

Hi,

I have an er605 as my main router which is connected to fiber

 

than i have vr400 as my wireless router, i configured it as access point according to guide here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg_gGECGLiY second part of the video

i also have pihole connected to my main router as a dns provider

once i enable the dns provider on the main router, the wireless devices have no internet, or at least they can't resolve dns, wired devices resolve and connected, this is not a pihole issue

 

configuring the vr400 as an internet router, i.e. going to netwrok -> internet and configuring dynamic ip resolve this issue, however i than have to enable dhcp on the vr 400 and i don't want that

any advice?

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Re:VR400 as access point with pihole
2022-09-11 21:18:00 - last edited 2022-09-11 21:18:22

  @Tnimni 

 

Check the reply in your other thread.

To engage the Pi Hole as a DNS, you need to put it's IP address in the er605 DHCP server settings:

 

 

In the above screenshot the Pi Hole's IP address entered is 192.168.0.2.

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Re:VR400 as access point with pihole
2022-09-12 06:24:52

  @terziyski Hi,

Thank you that solved my issue

I don't have that DHCP Server tab, but I have it under the LAN connection, so i changed it for lan1 and it works

before i put it under WAN connection and it breaked things, not sure why it breaks things under the wan, maybe it goes into endless loop or something?

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Re:VR400 as access point with pihole
2022-09-12 09:58:21 - last edited 2022-09-12 10:02:22

  @Tnimni 

 

The reason for different location of DHCP settings is that I used a screenshot form er605 v1, but the logic is the same.

In general a public IP address for the WAN port should be set as a DNS, while the private IP address for the DNS should be configured in the LAN DHCP server settings.

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