Pihole sometimes breaks internet connection and sometimes stops blocking ads

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@PurpleMillipede

Sometimes turning off and then on wifi causes my mac/iphone to connect to the router but have no internet access

Your debug log does not show any problems with your Pi-Hole. It is resolving received DNS queries properly.

You have DHCP_IPv6=false. It may be that the Apple devices are configured to use IPv6 and aren't able to get this address from the Pi-Hole.

Have you tried troubleshooting by moving DHCP back to the router?

@PurpleMillipede

Some ads are blocked, some are not.

This thread provides some good tools for figuring out how to block ads.

How do I determine what domain an ad is coming from?

Block ads or fix broken sites This FAQ is written in the context of finding out how to block an ad that isn't blocked automatically, but the same steps can be used to troubleshoot issues with sites that don't function properly. An example is that sometimes certain payment gateways try to collect metrics on the sale, but these domains are blocked by Pi-hole, so the payment cannot be processed. Also, some links send you through several referrers and if one of them is blocked, you may land on a …

@PurpleMillipede

If I disable pihole for a couple of minutes ads are still blocked (even after clearing browser cache).

This would indicate that there is other caching happening, perhaps at the router level.