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Need help with Nighthawk router
Hey all, I've been trying to set up pi-hole on my Ubuntu server pc. There are queries being blocked, but it seems that I still have ads? I'm not sure if this is because I set it up incorrectly. I'...
A coupling things to add.
1. you also need to setup the IPv6 dns side if you have ipv6 enabled
2. the block list through the pihole is also important. Some lists are better than others that you use. Best to ask on the pihole forums for list recommendations for specific ads
3. Some adds are built into the site thats used. Pihole uses dns blocking meaning if the ad sends its own request, it can bet blocked. But if its integrated into the site, it won't get blocked. (simple way of putting it)
you will still get ads with pihole but it cuts down a lot of them.
And you won't see many clients if your still using your router for dhcp and just using the dns part of it.
You'll get more help/ideas from the pihole community as this is the netgear forum and the router isn't doing much on the pihole side other than pointing the dns requests at it.