Pi-Hole is set up, how to verify that it works and adding new sites

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@simmisj

How can I verify that Pi-Hole is blocking adds on a device?

You don't see ads when browsing with that device. You see queries from the device in the Pi-hole query log, and some of the queries are blocked.

A good website to use to test ad-blocking is cnn.com. Without an ad-blocker, you will see many ads. With Pi-hole active, you should see none.

With Pi-hole:

Without Pi-hole:

@simmisj

How do I add a new entry?

What kind of entry do you want to make? Are you trying to add an adlist (public blocklist), or a local domain block (blacklist)?

@simmisj

The "top clients" list in the dashboard shows only my router and localhost.

Why do I only see my router's IP address instead of individual devices in the Top Clients section and Query Log?

A nice feature of Pi-hole is that you can see which network devices are sending out the most DNS queries. For every device that is using Pi-hole as their DNS server, you can also see which DNS queries each one has made. [image] But depending on a few things, you may only see a single host in your Top Clients section, which is not as useful. [image] This isn't detrimental to the performance of your Pi-hole; it just provides you with less insight into what's happening on your network. So w…