Installed pi-hole the instructions here:https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials/running-pi-hole-on-a-raspberry-pi/
Tested installation using: https://adblock-tester.com/ as suggested in the article and it returned a score of 64. I disabled pi-hole and ran the test again and received same 64 rating.
I have an ASUS router and followed their suggested WAN DNS settings and the LAN DNS settings from the pi-hole documentation and get the same results. Tried reboots, re-installation, etc. -- no luck.
I don't know what a normal dashboard looks like, but mine shows clients, queries, etc. However there is not data in any of the logs. Any clues appreciated. Thanks
Because you have configured Pi-hole to not log queries:
[misc]
privacylevel = 3 ### CHANGED, default = 0
"New install is not blocking anything"
Your dashboard shows that 7.3% of queries are blocked.
Most of these adblock test sites are fairly meaningless. They use a set of domains that you may or may not ever encounter in your normal browsing or internet activity. Whether you can block those domains or not has little bearing on whether you see ads in your daily internet use. And, if the browser on which you ran that test is using a DNS other than Pi-hole, then the test is even more meaningless.
The real test - do you see ads in daily browsing. A good "test" site is cnn.com. If you don't run a Pi-hole, the site is crawling with ads. If you do, you don't see the ads.
The site with Pi-hole (and no other ad-blocker) active:
You're right. CNN crawling with ads. However, for me with or without pi-hole. I appreciate your unexpectedly fast response. I'll play with it some more. Thanks
Use these tools to help determine why the ads are not being blocked. Common issues - the browser or client is not using Pi-hole for DNS, you have a VPN active, etc.
And, from a client that you believe should be connected to the Pi-Hole for DNS (ideally the one on which you see ads), from the command prompt or terminal on that client (and not via ssh or Putty to the Pi), what is the output of
