Pihole does not block ads on wired devices.

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Hey all!
First of, pihole is an incredible product. I’m impressed by it daily. But I do have an issue I’d like to get some help with.

Expected Behaviour: Ads to be blocked on wired and wireless devices.

Actual Behaviour:

Ads are only blocked on wireless devices.

My hard wired devices:

  1. iMac
  2. Macbook Pro
  3. Raspberry Pi
  4. Apple TV
  5. Denon AVR

Things I've done

Added Pihole to the IP reserved list

Power cycled all devices

Rebooted the Pi and DNS resolver
Manually assigned the DNS to Macs - issue persists, websites do not load until DNS is reverted back to ISP DNS

My network info:
Router: Netgear Nighthawk X6S
ISP: Consolidated Communications (California US)

Debug Token:

https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/12iga3wk0f

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From the iMac teminal (and not via ssh to the Pi), what is the output of the following:

scutil --dns

nslookup pi.hole

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Hi jfb,

Here’s the output:

DNS configuration
resolver #1
  search domain[0] : [surewest.net](http://surewest.net/)
  nameserver[0] : 66.60.130.2
  nameserver[1] : 66.60.130.6
  if_index : 4 (en0)
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000002 (Reachable)
resolver #2
  domain   : local
  options  : mdns
  timeout  : 5
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
  order    : 300000
resolver #3
  domain   : 254.169.in-addr.arpa
  options  : mdns
  timeout  : 5
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
  order    : 300200
resolver #4
  domain   : 8.e.f.ip6.arpa
  options  : mdns
  timeout  : 5
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
  order    : 300400
resolver #5
  domain   : 9.e.f.ip6.arpa
  options  : mdns
  timeout  : 5
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
  order    : 300600
resolver #6
  domain   : a.e.f.ip6.arpa
  options  : mdns
  timeout  : 5
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
  order    : 300800
resolver #7
  domain   : b.e.f.ip6.arpa
  options  : mdns
  timeout  : 5
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
  order    : 301000
DNS configuration (for scoped queries)
resolver #1
  search domain[0] : [surewest.net](http://surewest.net/)
  nameserver[0] : 66.60.130.2
  nameserver[1] : 66.60.130.6
  if_index : 4 (en0)
  flags    : Scoped, Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000002 (Reachable)
``

roman@client-72-251-170-134 ~ % nslookup pi.hole

Server: 66.60.130.2

Address: 66.60.130.2#53

** server can't find pi.hole: NXDOMAIN

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This client is using what appears to be ISP DNS, not Pi-hole. Check system preference > Network> Advanced > DNS.

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then how wireless working without the issue?

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Hey jfb,

Thanks for taking a look. So I"ve previously tried adjusting DNS settings in System Preferences, what happens is all websites stop loading.

Now, one thing that I'm not sure of whether it has any effect or not

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try this

  • Disbale the Auto DNS Update from Network Manager
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@jfb

I’m still having the issue. Are there any other suggestions?

I’ve reset the raspberry pi, reconfigured pi-hole with a different IP/DNS issue persists on wired devices.

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Please generate a fresh debug log, upload it and post the new token. The old log has expired.

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@jfb

Thanks for the reply.

Here’s the new token https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/uhp1xcoo56

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This debug log is also normal. I would look into your router settings and check them all for any that might affect wired vs. wireless clients differently.

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