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    DNSBL used to block ads

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    • OBXJeepGuyO
      OBXJeepGuy
      last edited by OBXJeepGuy

      As stated, DNSBL used to block ads. I had a really weird thing going on where the services status widget was reporting the pfg_dnsbl service was stopped (and would not start) but the ads were being blocked. (specifically from my Roku box) So like any good novice, I went screwing around with either the DNS resolver, or the DNS forwarder, and got the green check mark. Yay me. Except now the ads aren't being blocked anymore.

      Apparently, I have jacked something up somewhere. I am at the point where I may scrap everything, and start over. (factory defaults)

      Oh, and to further add to the confusion: I went from pfBlockerNG to the devel version somewhere in there.

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      • NollipfSenseN
        NollipfSense @OBXJeepGuy
        last edited by

        @obxjeepguy May I suggest deleting what you have but before you do, uncheck save setting, then reboot and install a fresh copy of pfBlockerNG-Devel. You can read up too here:

        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/pfblocker.html

        Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xizAeAqYde4

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        • OBXJeepGuyO
          OBXJeepGuy @NollipfSense
          last edited by

          @nollipfsense I figured it out last night. I had both DNS forwarder active, and DNS resolver. I turned off the DNS forwarder, and activated forwarding within the resolver, and DNSBL started blocking ads again.

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          • NollipfSenseN
            NollipfSense @OBXJeepGuy
            last edited by

            @obxjeepguy Okay, cool.

            pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
            pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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