Pihole problem

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for the first time ever,I saw something that said status blocked (gravity)..I think that's good,but you know better..

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What domain was blocked?

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doubleclick.com shows in red and blocked (gravity)

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And what browser are you using?

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Chrome..But I also tried Firefox with no luck..

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If you are seeing ads in that page, then that browser or client is not using Pi-Hole. Tail the Pi-Hole log and ensure that the DNS traffic from that browser is going to Pi-Hole.

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If i correctly understand what you said,I can confirm that the traffic from my browser goes through pi-hole..it has logs like this:

Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: query[A] data.cnn.com from 192.168.1.12
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: /etc/pihole/gravity.list data.cnn.com is 0.0.0.0
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: query[A] data.cnn.com from 192.168.1.12
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: /etc/pihole/gravity.list data.cnn.com is 0.0.0.0
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: query[A] e12596.dscj.akamaiedge.net from 192.168.1.12
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: forwarded e12596.dscj.akamaiedge.net to 149.112.112.112
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: query[A] data.cnn.com from 192.168.1.12
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: /etc/pihole/gravity.list data.cnn.com is 0.0.0.0
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: query[AAAA] e12596.dscj.akamaiedge.net from 192.168.1.12
Feb 20 04:15:03 dnsmasq[4030]: forwarded e12596.dscj.akamaiedge.net to 149.112.112.112
Feb 20 04:15:04 dnsmasq[4030]: reply e12596.dscj.akamaiedge.net is 23.36.225.200
Feb 20 04:15:04 dnsmasq[4030]: reply e12596.dscj.akamaiedge.net is 2a02:26f0:6b:581::3134
Feb 20 04:15:04 dnsmasq[4030]: reply e12596.dscj.akamaiedge.net is 2a02:26f0:6b:58a::3134`
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but again,on the CNN page provided before,it displays an ad from Lidl.Also,on other test pages it displays ads..

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Pi-hole is working, it's blocking domains. What lists do you have enabled? I'm pretty much running out of ideas so I'll be backing out of the conversation soon.

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Use the tools linked in the earlier reply to determine the source of the ads.

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if you are asking about my upstream dns servers I had quad9.But also tried all of them together,then tried cloudflare alone,google alone..In any case,the same.
EVERY page displays ads.

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It's not that a single page displays ads.it's that ANY page which has ads,displays them..I wish I could show you..

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You can grab a screen capture and post that graphic directly into a reply here. Also post the complete URL and I'll see if I can duplicate.

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let's say https://edition.cnn.com/

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ads both right (the shoe) and on top..(previously on top it had a lidl ad)

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or speedtest ads here

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guys I really want to thank you for all the help you are providing..

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I don't see those ads. Use the tools, figure out the ad source and block it

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Also, what OS is on the client seeing the ads?

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windows 7,chrome.
Should I use all the DNS servers at once?maybe it will help..

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I m trying again,but I have no idea why this is happening..
So I ve blacklisted 3 domains as shown in a tutorial.but the damn ads still working..Am I so stupid??

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I just saw that on the raspberry (hosting pi-hole) it doesn't show ads..

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Adding more DNS servers will have no effect. If Pi-Hole is not blocking domain, all the upstream DNS servers will return the same IP's for unblocked domains.

As noted previously, the Windows client has DNS Servers other than Pi-Hole available, and some of the DNS traffic is bypassing Pi-Hole. Your Pi-Hole is working properly, but it can only block those DNS requests that it receives.

On the router, fix the IPv6 problem - either disable IPv6 or ensure that the IPv6 IP used for DNS is the Pi-Hole IPv6 address.

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