Not blocking ADs

[asbhn_D]

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Expected Behaviour:

Delete all AD's and block the websites listed in blacklist only.

Actual Behaviour:

It never blocks ADs, for example this website (www.3sk.tv), you can see ads all over the webpage but when I use chrome extensions such as ADBlock or Ublock, they are removed. PiHole won't remove the ADs for a lot of sites, and it just randomly blocks my access from a lot of websites, while I'm surfing the internet, to access the websites, I must keep adding the websites I want to access one by one in the whitelist. It's annoying.

Debug Token:

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::: PHP 7.0.19-1 (cli) (built: May 11 2017 14:04:47) ( NTS )
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::: File exists, parsing...done and was successfully sourced
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::: IPv6 addresses located on eth0
::: No gateway detected.
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::: IPv4 addresses located on eth0
::: Pinging default IPv4 gateway: ::: Gateway responded.
::: Pinging Internet via IPv4: ::: Query responded.
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::: ---= File /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf found
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::: ---= File /etc/dnsmasq.d/README found
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::: ---= Detecting existence of /etc/pihole/whitelist.txt:
::: File exists, parsing...done
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::: ---= Detecting existence of /etc/pihole/blacklist.txt:
::: File exists, parsing...done
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::: ---= Detecting existence of /etc/pihole/adlists.list:
::: File exists, parsing...done
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[Firemanjoe]

Ok, I'm getting the same issue. I certainly don't mean to hijack the tread, but since it's not blocking ads on either, I thought I'd throw my debug token in as well.

n9xe0xbhrx

I've just moved my pi from one place to another (completely different residence).

[smokingwheels]

If you run Windows and AVAST this may help by @marcdraco63
https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/thanks-for-nothing-microsoft/5226/12

[Firemanjoe]

No Avast here for me. Just me & my Mac.

[asbhn_D]

@smokingwheels

AVAST

I'm not running AVAST.

[smokingwheels]

Could you ask on a Mac discussion forums about DNS issues Linking https://pi-hole.net or explain what it does and blocks?

May I ask which Block Lists you are using?

The router configuration in important, see. You also have to reboot or renew IP leases on devices.

How do I configure my devices to use Pi-hole as their DNS server?

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…

[asbhn_D]

I'm using this Block List:

If anyone can share their PiHole settings/Block Lists, I'll appreciate it, would be very helpful.

Thanks.

[smokingwheels]

You are Welcome to try 1, 2 and 5 at you own risk one at a time to see if it helps.

https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/i-concatenated-every-blocklist-i-could-find/5184/3

List 3 blocks many common and useful domains, I use it when I run my YaCy Search Engine.

[asbhn_D]

It worked perfectly! Except when I ran List 1, I liked it except it blocked a game my kids play called Roblox. Is there a way you can edit that list and make the website (www.roblox.com) to work and keep everything else the same? That's the only disadvantage.

Thank you very much!

[smokingwheels]

Try unticking this list or adding your site to the whitelist /admin/list.php?l=white

https://smokingwheels.github.io/Pi-hole/yacysearchengine

I don't use it unless I am crawling sites with a Yacy search engine, you should be able to engage the list allhosts.

[asbhn_D]

I don't have any problems with Yacy list, whenever I untick "Allhosts" list, roblox works.. but when I keep it checked, the website doesn't work at all. So my issue with "allhosts" list, I like that list but only if you could find any workaround for roblox.

Thank you by the way!

[smokingwheels]

Thanks for the reply.

May I ask did you whitelist roblox?
Depending on your total numbers on the lists, I have noticed a little delay before the site is unblocked and even had to close and open a new tab to try again. Minor issue. I just tried it and the TLS handshake has a little delay. I have set the cache on FireFox to zero 0.

[asbhn_D]

I'm using Google Chrome, and I already whitelisted (roblox.com & www.roblox.com) but the issue was the same. However, I just tried it now with all lists checked, it's working. I'll assume you fixed something or it truly takes time.

Thank u man!