Some websites don't load, some load partially

[schm0]

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I am running latest pi hole installed today on a fresh image of latest Raspbian lite on a brand new RPiZeroW. Only some devices have connected so far (the ones that I manually reset the wifi). My phone tried connecting over and over again for about 20 minutes before it finally worked.

I tried some sites at random and a majority (~65%) appear to be working.

Sites that don't work at all or only partially work: reddit, github, outlook.live.com, hacker news (news.ycombinator.com), tutsplus.com, ohshitgit.com, downforeveryoneorjustme.com (lol)

Expected Behaviour:

Internet works, but without ads

Actual Behaviour:

Some sites work and ads are being blocked, other sites work but are slow or appear to work but stop loading half-way, other sites don't work at all. Browser apps like lastpass don't work, either.

Debug Token:

9celhhwl8m

[Mcat12]

Have you seen this FAQ?

Why do some sites take forever to load when using Pi-hole? (for versions < v4.0)

Update: 2018-08-06 As of v4.0, this should no longer be a problem unless you choose to deviate from the new default blocking mode and return to the IP-based mode. And the iptables rules mentioned in this article should not be needed. Update As of v3.1 the first reason should not be an issue anymore That being said, there are generally two reasons this happens: your ISP changes your IPv6 address (Global Unicast Address), causing Pi-hole to become misconfigured and timing out when trying…

You also have some errors in your dnsmasq log:

   Mar 24 16:44:55 dnsmasq[13901]: failed to load names from /etc/pihole/local.list: No such file or directory
   Mar 24 16:44:55 dnsmasq[13901]: failed to load names from /etc/pihole/gravity.list: No such file or directory

What is the output of pihole -g

[schm0]

Ok, so since I'm running latest pihole I shouldn't have to worry about #1 on that faq. I don't have ULA so that means just run the 6 iptables commands listed in #2?

I'm not sure what the dnsmasq errors mean. I'm already way out of my league on this issue as it is.

Output for pihole -g:

  [i] Neutrino emissions detected...
  [✓] Pulling blocklist source list into range

  [i] Target: raw.githubusercontent.com (hosts)
  [✓] Status: Retrieval successful

  [i] Target: mirror1.malwaredomains.com (justdomains)
  [✓] Status: No changes detected

  [i] Target: sysctl.org (hosts)
  [✓] Status: No changes detected

  [i] Target: zeustracker.abuse.ch (blocklist.php?download=domainblocklist)
  [✓] Status: No changes detected

  [i] Target: s3.amazonaws.com (simple_tracking.txt)
  [✓] Status: No changes detected

  [i] Target: s3.amazonaws.com (simple_ad.txt)
  [✓] Status: No changes detected

  [i] Target: hosts-file.net (ad_servers.txt)
  [✓] Status: No changes detected

  [✓] Consolidating blocklists
  [✓] Extracting domains from blocklists
  [i] Number of domains being pulled in by gravity: 145,343
  [✓] Removing duplicate domains
  [i] Number of unique domains trapped in the Event Horizon: 122,287

  [i] Number of blocklist source domains being added to the whitelist: 6
  [i] Number of whitelisted domains: 6
  [✓] Parsing domains into hosts format
  [✓] Cleaning up stray matter

  [✓] Force-reloading DNS service
  [✓] DNS service is running
  [✓] Pi-hole blocking is Enabled

[Mcat12]

What is the output of ls -lh /etc/pihole

[schm0]

total 19M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     14 Mar 24 22:29 GitHubVersions
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    633 Mar 24 16:45 adlists.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    255 Mar 24 23:12 dhcp.leases
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    12M Mar 25 00:08 gravity.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   1.4K Mar 24 16:44 install.log
-rw------- 1 root   root   1.6M Mar 25 00:08 list.0.raw.githubusercontent.com.domains
-rw------- 1 root   root   415K Mar 24 16:45 list.1.mirror1.malwaredomains.com.domains
-rw------- 1 root   root   624K Mar 24 16:45 list.2.sysctl.org.domains
-rw------- 1 root   root   7.0K Mar 24 16:45 list.3.zeustracker.abuse.ch.domains
-rw------- 1 root   root    613 Mar 24 16:45 list.4.s3.amazonaws.com.domains
-rw------- 1 root   root    43K Mar 24 16:45 list.5.s3.amazonaws.com.domains
-rw------- 1 root   root   1.7M Mar 24 16:45 list.6.hosts-file.net.domains
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   2.7M Mar 25 00:08 list.preEventHorizon
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    146 Mar 25 00:08 local.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     18 Mar 25 00:20 localbranches
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     36 Mar 25 00:20 localversions
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    234 Mar 24 16:44 logrotate
-rw-r--r-- 1 pihole pihole 224K Mar 25 00:26 pihole-FTL.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    461 Mar 24 22:57 setupVars.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    117 Mar 24 16:45 whitelist.txt

[Mcat12]

Do you still see the issue? If so, make a new debug token.

[schm0]

Still persisting.

Debug token: i3xljen51x

It's saying some ipv6 addresses aren't matching something in some file. But I was under the assumption that these ipv6 issues were fixed in 3.1.

[Mcat12]

Those are unrelated, and the debug log says:

   ^ Please note that you may have more than one IP address listed.
   As long as one of them is green, and it matches what is in /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf, there is no need for concern.

I don't see anything wrong in your debug log. Did you run the IPTables commands from the FAQ?

[schm0]

I ran the commands and rebooted my laptop. That seemed to work. I'm able to access the sites I was having problems with previously!

What a relief! I am so happy, thank you so much.

[schm0]

Alas, I spoke too soon. I'm not getting blocked ads at all.

[Mcat12]

Make a new debug token.

[jacob.salmela]

How are you setting Pi-hole as your DNS server?

How do I configure my devices to use Pi-hole as their DNS server?

Three methods Generally, there are three different methods that will enable devices on your network to be protected by Pi-hole. 1. Define Pi-hole's IP address as the only DNS entry in the router Rationale Only is italicized here for a reason: Pi-hole needs to be the only DNS server because it intercepts queries and decides whether or not they should be blocked. If you have other DNS servers configured, you may be sent to the correct domain, bypassing Pi-hole completely. Because of this, we…

[schm0]

Thanks for the feedback. I've since purchased a new router and set up passthrough on the existing one. It's brought several benefits, but namely I've been able to set up the pihole as DNS and the issue above no longer exists. An expensive solution, but I'll likely keep and use the router for a very long time so it's more of an investment.

Tossed you guys a donation tonight. Thank you for the support and a great project. Keep up the good work.

I do have a follow-up question, if you don't mind....

Can I "hijack" the web server and put some projects up in another subdirectory, or will it get overwritten at some point? For instance, can I install another web app at http://pi.hole/projects without a worry of it disappearing?

[jacob.salmela]

You can hijack the Web server, but it has caused issues for people in the past since the folder is a repo, but it's not a terribly high risk. We're moving away from this method in any case.

[schm0]

I don't plan on doing anything inside /admin. Just thinking about setting up other subdirectories so I can create some additional local webapps.