Ways to DNS gateway entry for dhcp clients

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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What's the difference between using 3 or 6 for DNS setup?

    # uci add_list dhcp.lan.dhcp_option="3,192.168.200.3"
    # uci add_list dhcp.lan.dhcp_option="6,8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4"
    # uci commit dhcp
    # /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
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Ok got it.
So, if I'm using Pihole it's 3,192.168.1.X and for Google it's 6,8.8.8.8.

Thanks

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Using pihole for what ?

as DHCP ? or router ? or both ? or just DNS ?

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Just DNS and Ad blocking.

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If your router's providing DHCP, you shouldn't need to set those options

Just have the DHCP use custom DNS servers in its leases, pointing to the IP of your Pihole.

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