# No adds blocked, a lot of queries though
**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944 "2023-03-20T13:41:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/1 "2023-03-20T13:41:51Z")
Expected Behaviour:
expecting to block ads and numbers in dashboard to rise (queries blocked - percentage blocked)
Actual Behaviour:
queries: 736
queries blocked: 0
percentage blocked: 0
Debug Token:
[https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/9GCpPWJa/](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/9GCpPWJa/)
pi-hole ip: 192.168.68.137 (dedicated)
pi-hole is not the DHCP server
only my pc connects to the pi-hole with ip:
ip4: 192.168.68.112
ip4-DNS: 192.168.68.137 (not encrypted)
DNS is manually altered
ip6 is off
doubleclick.net is black listed, just to see if that works
queries are now 832 but still 0%
thanks in advance for helping me out.
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/2 "2023-03-20T14:01:52Z")
if it helps, 2 nslookup:
my dashboard:
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### Author:  [@smurf](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/smurf)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/3 "2023-03-20T14:19:53Z")
based on your nslookup command, your machine is NOT using pihole (192.168.68.37) as DNS. If you are using Windows try the command ipconfig /all and it will show you your current DNS server. Hopefully a forum developer will give you more details explanation as to why when they look at your debug token.
Good luck
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/4 "2023-03-20T14:40:40Z")
hi smurf and thx for your quick answer.
my ipconfig /all shows the dns is ip-hole....i guess
i see what you think, the 8.8.8.8 in the dnslookup. dunno where that comes from... i investigate further
does the 8.8.8.8 come from here?:
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### Author:  [@smurf](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/smurf)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/5 "2023-03-20T15:19:46Z")
You mentioned IPv6 is off, but your GW is pointing to both IPv4 and IPv6. I would also uncheck IPv6 on the pihole GUI if you're not using IPv6
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/6 "2023-03-20T15:33:44Z")
Thank you smurf. I changed that... see the results:
now lets hope my numbers go up in the dashboard......
I will post the result in an hour or so
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### Author:  [@smurf](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/smurf)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/7 "2023-03-20T15:37:06Z")
good job...😄 now add unbound and wireguard and you're all set to go
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/8 "2023-03-20T15:52:44Z")
hmmm, still everything is replied bij dns.google#53. nothing blocked.
there must be something i am missing, what could be wrong???
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### Author:  [@smurf](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/smurf)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/9 "2023-03-20T16:01:30Z")
Here are a couple of things I would check
1. Your router DHCP settings and make sure pihole is the ONLY DNS server
2. Your adlists
3. Go to Tools / Tail pihole.log and see if anything is being blocked
I noticed your dashboard domain on adlists is only 189.926. On mine I have 1,746,106. Below is my domain adlists
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/10 "2023-03-20T16:11:16Z")
Thanks for the advice smurf.
I had the router DHCP correctly installed, but my wife couldn't work from home anymore. So i changed it back to original settings. BUT my laptop is now the only one i connect (actively) to the pi by manually changed the IP settings (IP still by DHCP but DNS manually).
- ipconfig / renew
- ipconfig /all shows DNS is pihole (192.168.68.137)
- adlist, i didn't change anything there, if you have 1,7M and mine is only 189K, then that is a good place to start looking.
- Tail pihole.log ,
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/11 "2023-03-20T16:45:58Z")
WE ARE GETTING SOMEWHERE !!!
i am gonna reset the nnumbers.
Thanks SMURF for your help so far!
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### Author:  [@nprampage](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/nprampage)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/12 "2023-03-20T16:49:20Z")
Check your groups. If you've defined groups, but haven't made your devices members of a group, it potentially won't block anything.
If you haven't manually set up any groups, ignore this. 🙂
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### Author:  [@smurf](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/smurf)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/13 "2023-03-20T16:55:35Z")
I think you're on the right track.
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### Author:  [@Bucking\_Horn](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Bucking_Horn)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/14 "2023-03-20T16:57:41Z")
Your above _`nslookup`_ result has shown the device it was run from was using Google's DNS servers (`8.8.8.8`).
How did you address that?
EDIT:
Your debug log shows your router to distribute two public DNS servers:
```auto
*** [DIAGNOSING]: Discovering active DHCP servers (takes 10 seconds)
Scanning all your interfaces for DHCP servers
* Received 300 bytes from eth0:192.168.68.1
Offered IP address: 192.168.68.109
DHCP options:
Message type: DHCPOFFER (2)
router: 192.168.68.1
dns-server: 8.8.8.8
dns-server: 84.116.46.22
--- end of options ---
```
Seems you've addressed that already 😉
> [@Lepracon](#):
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> I had the router DHCP correctly installed, but my wife couldn't work from home anymore. So i changed it back to original settings.
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/15 "2023-03-20T17:29:35Z")
I did made groups, like my name and IoT group but didnt place any devices in there yet. i wasn't ready with renaming all the devices (pi isnt my DHCP so names were unknown).
I removed all the groups and placed everything in the default group. but this was yesterday. today it still didnt work.
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### Author:  [@Lepracon](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Lepracon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/16 "2023-03-20T17:32:15Z")
i think the 8.8.8.8 came from my DHCP server which had a 2nd DNS server .....8.8.8.8 were PI was the first.
I think it was still in the IP cache after i changed it to only one DNS (PI) when i runned dnslookup.
After that i run ipconfig /renew and it showed the correct DNS.
Thanks for your reply
At this time my numbers are like this:
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/no-adds-blocked-a-lot-of-queries-though/61944/17 "2023-04-10T17:32:26Z")
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