Pihole not working after install

[Venemus]

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Expected Behaviour:

Not blocking ads. Have manually changed DNS on 2 android devices, 1 Windows device. Nothing blocked if disabling UBlock

Actual Behaviour:

Not blocking ads. Can access via ip address/admin but not when accessing via pi.hole/admin

Debug Token:

os70nvd1ys

[jacob.salmela]

@Venemus

os70nvd1ys

Your log looks fine and all seems to be working fine. How did you set the Windows device to use Pi-hole for DNS?

[Venemus]

Right clicked on the connection (wired), then double clicked on the ipv4 , then set IP for Pi-hole as primary, then secondary I made it 8.8.8.8.. Since it wont let me add just one DNS. The reason I was curious is because hen i disable UBlock on the test sites the ads show up, If I enable it they don't.

[jacob.salmela]

@Venemus

then secondary I made it 8.8.8.8

Sometimes this can affect ad blocking performance.

Why should Pi-hole be my only DNS server?

Reduced Ad Blocking Capability The main reason you should Pi-hole as your only DNS server is that you will see increased performance in the blocking of ads. If you have two DNS servers (Pi-hole and something else), your network clients may not always query Pi-hole for name resolution. If a query happens to be answered from a non-Pi-hole DNS server, your block lists will not apply (since that DNS server doesn't know about them). All Queries Need To Go Through Pi-hole First Since other DNS se…

@Venemus

The reason I was curious is because hen i disable UBlock on the test sites the ads show up, If I enable it they don’t.

Which ads specifically are you seeing?

[Venemus]

The ads I am referring to is this site.

https://blockads.fivefilters.org/?pihole

If I disable UBlock it says I need a ad blocker like pihole. If I leave UBlock enabled it says I am blocking ads.

As far as the DNS settings for whole network blocking. I have a Comcast XB6 and you cannot change the DNS. If I do the DNS for pihole it will still be using DHCP because I cannot disable that either on the modem. Those settings are not accessible. I am contemplating getting a Edgerouter X and bridging the modem.

[RamSet]

@Venemus

Comcast XB6

If you have a spare WiFi router, put it in bridge mode (keep in mind that this will disable Router functionality of Gateway and turn off the private Wi-Fi network) and use the Pi-Hole as your DHCP server.

You can also add your own Modem to the account (if you don't use the phone lines) and remove the rented one (saving some $$ in the long run) (you can get the supported devices from BestBuy, Walmart, Amazon ...).

[jacob.salmela]

Yeah, if you can't change the DNS or DHCP options on your router, you'll need to set the devices to use Pi-hole manually.

[Venemus]

Think I am going to do it this way for now. Eventually will get a Ubiquiti Edgerouter X, then bridge the modem. Si it would be modem (bridged)>ERX>switch. Pi is wired to switch now. So, I am assuming by bridgeing the modem that disables DHCP on that then hands it over to the ERX, whch i would disable, to make the PI handle DHCP. Correct?