Still seeing a lot of ads

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Check what DNS servers are used on the client:

Surfshark OpenVpn Client with Pihole

Windows client: C:\>netsh interface ip show dnsservers Configuration for interface "Local Area Connection" Statically Configured DNS Servers: 10.0.0.4 Register with which suffix: Primary only Configuration for interface "Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1" Statically Configured DNS Servers: None Register with which suffix: None EDIT: And for IPv6: C:\>netsh interface ipv6 show dnsservers Configuration for interface "Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1" Stati…

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 serv…