# Literally no ads being blocked

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 5, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600 "2020-05-05T13:39:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/1 "2020-05-05T13:39:55Z")

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I started my pihole's DHCP server, disabled router's one. Added a lot of new blacklists, the dashboard shows an enormous quantity of sites blocked but wherever I go - each website has so many ads like there is no tomorrow.  
I was so excited about this little thing...

## Expected Behaviour:

Ads being blocked.

## Actual Behaviour:

Not a single one is blocked, all visible.

## Debug Token:

0blmk8de1u

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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:** [May 5, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/2 "2020-05-05T14:07:33Z")

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Your debug log shows that your Pi-hole is working correctly and in the past 24 hours has received and processed DNS queries from 11 clients:

```auto
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.185 16435] Imported 5517 queries from the long-term database
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.186 16435] -> Total DNS queries: 5517
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.186 16435] -> Cached DNS queries: 737
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.186 16435] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 2612
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.186 16435] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 2168
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.187 16435] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.187 16435] -> Unique domains: 998
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.187 16435] -> Unique clients: 11
   [2020-05-05 14:59:47.188 16435] -> Known forward destinations: 6

```

From a client that you believe should be connected to the Pi-Hole for DNS (and where you are seeing ads), from the command prompt or terminal on that client (and not via ssh or Putty to the Pi), what is the output of

`nslookup pi.hole`

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/3 "2020-05-05T14:14:41Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply, really appreciate it!  
Here is the output:

```auto
Server: pihole
Address: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb

Name: pi.hole
Addresses: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb
          192.168.0.88

```

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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:** [May 5, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/4 "2020-05-05T14:18:09Z")

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Now let's test the blocking:

`nslookup flurry.com`

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/5 "2020-05-05T14:18:44Z")

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```auto
Server: pihole
Address: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb

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

```

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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:** [May 5, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/6 "2020-05-05T14:19:01Z")

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> [@mayk1](#):
>
> 0blmk8de1u

These entries in your gravity log are malformed. I don't think they were imported from any of your blocklists, so it appears they may have been entered manually:

```auto
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5989384 May 5 15:01 /etc/pihole/gravity.list
   -----head of gravity.list------
   (^|\.)adform\.net$
   (^|\.)adocean\.(pl)$
   (^|\.)adsbtrack\.com$
   (^|\.)adserver\.snapads\.com$

```

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/7 "2020-05-05T14:22:07Z")

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It's very probable- it's my first day with the device. Tried everything before writing here.  
What would you recommend to fix the above?

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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:** [May 5, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/8 "2020-05-05T14:22:59Z")

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Run this command from the Pi terminal. Then run a new debug log, upload it and post the new token.

`pihole -g -f`

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/9 "2020-05-05T14:26:35Z")

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Did all that as requested, here is the link : [https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/fvjr64kjbv](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/fvjr64kjbv)

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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:** [May 5, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/10 "2020-05-05T14:52:17Z")

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You still have the malformed entries. I'm looking to see where they are coming from:

```auto
*** [DIAGNOSING]: Gravity list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5989402 May 5 16:25 /etc/pihole/gravity.list
   -----head of gravity.list------
   (^|\.)adform\.net$
   (^|\.)adocean\.(pl)$
   (^|\.)adsbtrack\.com$
   (^|\.)adserver\.snapads\.com$

```

Let's eliminate some potential problems for now. Revert back to the stock blocklists, and then rebuild gravity and generate a new debug token. This is a known good configuration of the gravity list.

```auto
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains
http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt

```

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/11 "2020-05-05T14:57:41Z")

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Done 🙂  
Fresh debug output: [https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/s9djwre097](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/s9djwre097)

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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:** [May 5, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/12 "2020-05-05T15:05:43Z")

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Now, from the connected client, re-run the nslookup commands you ran earlier.

`nslookup pi.hole`

`nslookup flurry.com`

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/13 "2020-05-05T15:08:44Z")

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```auto

C:\Users\Mike>nslookup pi.hole
Server: pihole
Address: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb

Name: pi.hole
Addresses: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb
          192.168.0.88

C:\Users\Mike>nslookup flurry.com
Server: pihole
Address: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb

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

```

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/14 "2020-05-05T18:10:28Z")

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Update:  
Ads are still shown, but setting pihole as DNS (as it was set from the beginning) now causes a huge internet lag.

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**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/17 "2020-05-05T20:28:28Z")

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Just to be sure its `pihole-FTL` thats answering, what does below output on that Windows client ?

`nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt version.bind`

EDIT: ow and while at it, what upstream servers are configured ?

`nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt servers.bind`

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/18 "2020-05-05T20:38:45Z")

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```auto
nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt version.bind
Server: pihole
Address: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb

version.bind text =

        "dnsmasq-pi-hole-2.80"

C:\Users\Mike>nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt servers.bind
Server: pihole
Address: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb

servers.bind text =

        "208.67.220.220#53 45 2"
        "208.67.222.222#53 166 2"

```

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**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/19 "2020-05-05T20:40:02Z")

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And what does below now display after you have defaulted the blocklists ?

`nslookup flurry.com`

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/20 "2020-05-05T20:40:49Z")

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```auto
Server: pihole
Address: 2a02:a317:e244:b580:18c1:f8cd:1da:e3fb

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

```

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**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/21 "2020-05-05T20:41:27Z")

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Do you have any whitelist or blacklist entries ?  
Try clear them too.  
Run Pi-hole as default as possible.

EDIT: This how should look like:

```auto
C:\>nslookup flurry.com
Server: phb5.dehakkelaar.nl
Address: 10.0.0.4

Name: flurry.com
Addresses: ::
          0.0.0.0

```

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**Author:** ![mayk1](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mayk1](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/mayk1)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/literally-no-ads-being-blocked/31600/22 "2020-05-05T20:42:38Z")

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I'm afraid I already did when @jfb asked me to. 😫  
Here is the newest debug output: [https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/h5q10ovu7y](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/h5q10ovu7y)

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