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Has anyone been successful in configuring a Pi-hole with the Deco M5? I set up my Pi-hole & verified it worked with a single computer. Then, I modified the M5's DHCP settings to point the DNS server to the Pi-hole and the M5 wouldn't boot properly after that.

Since the M5 has no web page and only the app, this was quite a frustrating process because it wouldn't allow me to see the M5 from the app and with no web page, the only option I had was to factory reset the M5 (Actually all 3 of them). I tried it again after double checking all settings to see if I did something wrong the first time but ended up with the same results and another factory reset.

My guess is that the Deco needs to "phone home" before it finishes fully booting and you get stuck since the Pi-hole can't get out to retrieve "home" since the Deco isn't booted.

Seems like some flaw when we should be able to set the WAN DNS separately from the LAN DNS & we should also be able to somehow change the settings in the M5 when something like this happens rather than having to factory reset.