# Fresh Pihole is just forwarding everything!?

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623 "2019-09-16T18:48:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author: ![phuzzyday](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@phuzzyday](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/phuzzyday)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/1 "2019-09-16T18:48:35Z")

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#### Please follow the below template, it will help us to help you!

## Expected Behaviour:

Expecting blocked ads, and a number on the web interface showing how many are blocked...

## Actual Behaviour:

Requests are being directed to Pihole, and it seems to be passing everything through. (1200 queries, 3 blocked. Was ) half hour ago.. Tried a couple troubleshooting things, the number went up to 3, but ads still not blocked. Searched around for similar problems, found a couple, but no suitable solutions. Manually set DNS on devices used for testing to pihole, and it IS serving things up..

## Debug Token:

[https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/tde4nl5we2](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/tde4nl5we2)

Thanks in advance!!

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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/2 "2019-09-16T18:50:54Z")

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From a connected client, what is the output of

```auto
nslookup pi.hole
nslookup flurry.com

```

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### Author: ![phuzzyday](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@phuzzyday](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/phuzzyday)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/3 "2019-09-16T20:18:20Z")

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pi.hole

Server: 127.0.0.1  
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

Name: pi.hole  
Address: 192.168.1.83  
Name: pi.hole  
Address: 2001:56a:f63d:3e00:1e46:519f:e2aa:8cf9

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ nslookup flurry.com  
Server: 127.0.0.1  
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

Name: flurry.com  
Address: 0.0.0.0  
Name: flurry.com  
Address: ::

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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/4 "2019-09-16T21:04:54Z")

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It appears you rant hose commands from the Pi terminal, and not from a connected client. We want to verify that the client is sending DNS queries to Pi-Hole. Please run the commands from a connected client (Mac or PC).

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### Author: ![phuzzyday](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@phuzzyday](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/phuzzyday)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/5 "2019-09-16T22:24:23Z")

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I ran them in Putty from a Windows 10 PC. What should I be using?

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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/6 "2019-09-16T22:25:14Z")

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You ran them with Putty ssh'd into the Pi, so the commands were actually run on the Pi. You want to run the commands directly from the PC terminal (not through Putty) - this way they will run on the PC.

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### Author: ![phuzzyday](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@phuzzyday](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/phuzzyday)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/7 "2019-09-16T22:27:31Z")

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Server: node-1w7jr9n24twqzs2cg5ed4tjkj.ipv6.telus.net  
Address: 2001:568:ff09:10c::53

\*\*\* node-1w7jr9n24twqzs2cg5ed4tjkj.ipv6.telus.net can't find pi.hole: Non-existent domain

C:\Users\phil\_\>nslookup flurry.com  
Server: node-1w7jr9n24twqzs2cg5ed4tjkj.ipv6.telus.net  
Address: 2001:568:ff09:10c::53

Non-authoritative answer:  
Name: flurry.com  
Addresses: 212.82.100.153  
98.136.103.26  
74.6.136.153

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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/8 "2019-09-16T22:29:03Z")

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This is showing that the PC is not using Pi-Hole for DNS. It appears to be using an IPv6 path provided by your router (which I assume is provided by your ISP?). If you can, disable IPv6 on that router. This will greatly simplify network troubleshooting.

if the PC were using Pi-Hole as DNS, the outputs of the commands would be the same as when you ran the commands on the Pi (which is using Pi-Hole as DNS resolver).

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### Author: ![phuzzyday](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@phuzzyday](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/phuzzyday)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/9 "2019-09-16T22:38:41Z")

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Ok, she's blocking like crazy now! What would be the correct config with ipv6 enabled?

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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/10 "2019-09-16T22:45:38Z")

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I can't tell you that, it dpends on how your router provides IPv6 addresses. There are several FAQ's on the subject:

> [@Use IPv6 ULA addresses for Pi-hole](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/use-ipv6-ula-addresses-for-pi-hole/2127):
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> Many users have reported that frequently changing IPv6 addresses cause page load to be slow or even prevent from working at all. The issues can be fixed by updating the IPv6 address in /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf followed by a run of pihole -g. However, this solution turns out to be very inconvenient since it might be necessary to change the IPv6 address on a regular basis (maybe even multiple times a day). An alternative approach we are currently looking into is the usage of ULA addresses which…

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### Author: ![phuzzyday](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@phuzzyday](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/phuzzyday)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/11 "2019-09-16T22:47:31Z")

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Ok. Thanks for the help!!

Are there any effects from turning IPv6 off?

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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/12 "2019-09-16T22:49:54Z")

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Very likely, no. Very few web services are accessible only by IPv6.

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### Author: ![system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7c8792f649eeb921c5d2b4c41564ffa873d9a2b8.png) [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/fresh-pihole-is-just-forwarding-everything/23623/13 "2019-10-07T22:52:45Z")

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