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What method are people using to configure this oin their own network? The router supplied by my ISP doesn't support using a custom DNS server like a pihole, unfortunately. I don't consider using /etc/hosts a longterm worthwhile solution. I'd love to find another useful way of setting this up.

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I was lucky enough to ask my ISP to set their box to bridge mode and have my request granted, then attached my own router.

I just looked, and my router does indeed support bridged mode. That might be my answer. Thanks for pointing this out!

Does your router support disabling DHCP? You can just run your own DHCP server in that case.

It does. I might go with this option. It seems like it'll be easier than running the router in bridged mode, and adding another physical router.

That's what I do, even though I run my own router. The pi-hole acts as both DNS and DHCP.

It sets the DNS domain correctly via DHCP, unlike a lot of routers.

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