After setup, pihole isn't blocking a thing

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This is crazy but I totally have my macs dns server at 192.168.0.10. Just to be sure i added it again. I'm getting the same result.

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I am running Nord. Let me turn that off.

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That was it. It's nord.

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As you found, your VPN provider is redirecting your DNS traffic through their servers (typically a default to prevent DNS leaks). To get Pi-Hole to work, turn off the VPN or contact your provider to see if you can override their DNS setting.

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Thanks a ton, jfb. I really appreciate you helping me through that.

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Quick question..why don't you run you own VPN?you would benefit from pihole anywhere you go plus your traffic is encrypted and as a bonus you can install unbound and you have your own DNS and encrypted Network

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Is that supposed to be blocked for wahtever reason as I'm only using the default OOTB lists and it isn't

C:\Users\mike>nslookup pablosantiago.blogspot.com.co
Server:  Heimdall
Address:  192.168.1.2

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    blogspot.l.googleusercontent.com
Addresses:  2a00:1450:4009:819::2001
          216.58.206.97
Aliases:  pablosantiago.blogspot.com.co

And yes, PiHole is doing lots of blocking ;o)

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The domain was taken from the OP's debug log. In this section of the debug log, Pi-Hole randomly selects a domain from gravity and then uses that to test blocking. I chose this domain to test since it was known to be in the gravity list on that Pi-Hole. If you have different lists, then you may not have this domain in your gravity list.

*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Name resolution (IPv4) using a random blocked domain and a known ad-serving domain
[✓] pablosantiago.blogspot.com.co is 0.0.0.0 via localhost (127.0.0.1)
[✓] pablosantiago.blogspot.com.co is 0.0.0.0 via Pi-hole (192.168.0.10)
[✓] doubleclick.com is 172.217.0.14 via a remote, public DNS server (8.8.8.8)
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Fairy Snuff :slight_smile:

As I said , I'm just using the OOTB default lists, presumably the OP isn't

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The OP is using a VPN service to tunnel all traffic to/from his network, with the traffic originating from within his LAN. This is different that running a VPN service on your Pi for the purposes of tunneling back to your Pi while you are off your local network.

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The OP had a few additional lists in use.