# Dashboard live but ads not blocked!

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/dashboard-live-but-ads-not-blocked/21186>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 28, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/dashboard-live-but-ads-not-blocked/21186 "2019-06-28T05:18:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mcat12](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/mcat12/32/20_2.png) [@Mcat12](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Mcat12)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/dashboard-live-but-ads-not-blocked/21186/4 "2019-06-29T00:52:33Z")

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Your debug log is clean and Pi-hole is blocking domains and responding to DNS queries. That means that your issues are with your client configurations. Your screenshot only shows the IP address info for your machine, the important setting is the DNS server. Make sure Pi-hole is the only DNS server.

> [@How do I configure my devices to use Pi-hole as their DNS server?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-configure-my-devices-to-use-pi-hole-as-their-dns-server/245):
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> Three methods Generally, there are three different methods that will enable devices on your network to be protected by Pi-hole. 1. Define Pi-hole's IP address as the only DNS entry in the router Rationale Only is italicized here for a reason: Pi-hole needs to be the only DNS server because it intercepts queries and decides whether or not they should be blocked. If you have other DNS servers configured, you may be sent to the correct domain, bypassing Pi-hole completely. Because of this, we re…

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