Pi Hole seems not to block ads although it's active

[fludi]

Hi Jacob!

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dig a-ads.com @192.168.178.26

; <<>> DiG 9.9.5-9+deb8u15-Raspbian <<>> a-ads.com @192.168.178.26
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 53682
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;a-ads.com.                     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
a-ads.com.              2       IN      A       192.168.178.26

;; Query time: 14 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.178.26#53(192.168.178.26)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar 17 09:26:33 UTC 2018
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 54

[jacob.salmela]

@fludi

;; ANSWER SECTION:
a-ads.com. 2 IN A 192.168.178.26

This shows that your Pi-hole is indeed working as it is returning the IP of your Pi-hole.