Pihole be the DNS server in the whole network?

[jon]

So, this is the goal:

@jon

This is what I have:
Client (DNS) → PiHole (DNS) → IPFire (DNS) → to external DNS Server

On the IPFire box, go to the DHCP Server WebGUI page. Set the Primary DNS to the PiHole IP address. In my case the PiHole IP address is 192.168.60.2.

Go to the PiHole WebGUI and go to the DNS settings. Set the Upstream DNS Servers - Custom 1 (IPv4) and enter the IP address for the GREEN. In my case the IPFire GREEN IP address is 192.168.60.1.

Click Save at the bottom of the page when complete!

FYI - I did not enable DNSSEC on the pihole. I could not get it to work.

And I repeat this important post:

Pi-Hole and IPFire, which way round?

Note: When reading through the Community posts you will see that PiHole is not recommended due to security issues. Since the pi-hole filters DNS records, DNSSEC is not possible from the client to the external DNS server (hope I explained this correctly). I know you are not using DNSSEC but in my opinion you should. The only way I was able to get everything to work with green AND blue zones was this: https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/dual-subnet-network-wired-wireless/46961 This is the same …