Pi-hole as DNS and DHCP works well but router see MAC addresses only

[shkaff]

Hi experts!

I set up a Pi-Hole service on my Raspberry and deligated functions of DNS (required by design) and DHCP (optional) to this service. All is fine and AD is blocking perfectly. However local hostnames (manually renamed by dnsmasq within Pi-Hole service, for example for PlayStation and several TV sets) are not shown in the router network map interface.

But it shows hostnames defined at hosts themselves, which were not renamed by the dnsmasq (hostnames if laptops, IOS devices).

So it is not serious operational issue but estetical one.

Any hint would be much appreciated

 

[ColinTaylor]

I don't think there's a way to fix this, it's just a consequence of the router not being the local DNS server. The network map code won't do a reverse lookup on your Pi-Hole because it was written in the expectation that it would be the DNS server.

 

[sbsnb]

I don't think those names come from DNS. They come from the router's client names database, which is directly tied to MAC address. There is no dedicated page in the GUI to edit the names, but they can be edited from the network map by clicking on the current name and typing in what you want.