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# Network configuration
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In order, to benefit from all the advantages of blocky like ad-blocking, privacy and speed, it is necessary to use
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blocky as DNS server for your devices. You can configure DNS server on each device manually or use DHCP in your network
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router and push the right settings to your device. With this approach, you will configure blocky only once in your
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router and each device in your network will automatically use blocky as DNS server.
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## Transparent configuration with DHCP
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Let us assume, blocky is installed on a Raspberry PI with fix IP address `192.168.178.2`. Each device which connects to
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the router will obtain an IP address and receive the network configuration. The IP address of the Raspberry PI should be
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pushed to the device as DNS server.
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```
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┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
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│ │ │ Raspberry PI │
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│ Router │ │ blocky │
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│ │ │ 192.168.178.2 │
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└─▲─────┬──────┘ └────▲────────────┘
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│1 │ │ 3
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│ │ │
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│ │ │
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│ │ │
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│ │ │
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│ │ │
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│ │ │
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│ │ ┌─────────────┴──────┐
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│ │ 2 │ │
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│ └───────► Network device │
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│ │ Android │
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└─────────────┤ │
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└────────────────────┘
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```
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**1** - Network device asks the DHCP server (on Router) for the network configuration
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**2** - Router assigns a free IP address to the device and says "Use 192.168.178.2" as DNS server
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**3** - Clients makes DNS queries and is happy to use **blocky** :smile:
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!!! warning
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It is necessary to assign the server which runs blocky (e.g. Raspberry PI) a fix IP address.
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### Example configuration with FritzBox
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To configure the DNS server in the FritzBox, please open in the FritzBox web interface:
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* in navigation menu on the left side: Home Network -> Network
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* Network Settings tab on the top
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* "IPv4 Configuration" Button at the bottom op the page
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* Enter the IP address of blocky under "Local DNS server", see screenshot
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