--- title: "Your smart home is bypassing Pi-hole with encrypted DNS, and here's how to stop it" url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-home-is-bypassing-pi-hole-with-encrypted-dns-and-here-s-how-to-stop-it-taf3nibaq source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/smart-home-gadgets-ignoring-pi-hole-encrypted-dns type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-07-07T14:02:45.237Z updated: 2026-07-07T14:03:09.770Z tags: ["tech-news", "dns", "firewall"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your smart home is bypassing Pi-hole with encrypted DNS, and here's how to stop it **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Some smart home and IoT devices bypass Pi-hole by using encrypted DNS (DoH/DoT), sending queries directly to resolvers like Google or Cloudflare over HTTPS instead of through Pi-hole. The author discovered this by capturing traffic with tcpdump and Wireshark, finding TLS connections to 8.8.8.8 that Pi-hole never saw. The fix involves using firewall rules (DNAT) to redirect all DNS traffic back to Pi-hole, and blocking outbound port 853 to shut down DoT. While encrypted DNS is a legitimate privacy feature on untrusted networks, hard-coded firmware settings undermine home network DNS infrastructure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Smart home devices are sneaking around your Pi-hole, and your dashboard won't catch them](https://daily.dev/posts/smart-home-devices-are-sneaking-around-your-pi-hole-and-your-dashboard-won-t-catch-them-yeullcpja) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I blocked my devices from bypassing my DNS server with one firewall rule](https://daily.dev/posts/i-blocked-my-devices-from-bypassing-my-dns-server-with-one-firewall-rule-layv2qvxn) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Encrypting DNS queries through Pi-hole is where the real privacy happens, and it only took 10 minutes](https://daily.dev/posts/encrypting-dns-queries-through-pi-hole-is-where-the-real-privacy-happens-and-it-only-took-10-minute-edpjcpi5c) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I changed one DNS setting on my router, and my smart home stopped acting possessed](https://daily.dev/posts/i-changed-one-dns-setting-on-my-router-and-my-smart-home-stopped-acting-possessed-gf5q0p5vq) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#dns](https://daily.dev/tags/dns), [#firewall](https://daily.dev/tags/firewall) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-home-is-bypassing-pi-hole-with-encrypted-dns-and-here-s-how-to-stop-it-taf3nibaq)