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    sites take forever to load (due to blocked domains)

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    • High_VoltageH
      High_Voltage
      last edited by

      So, I have an issue I'm sure somebody has figured out a solution to (or maybe not) and figure I'll inquire the collective minds of this forum, and the pfsense reddit....when using pfblockerNG along with my local pihole dns servers, I have found that sites take forever to finish loading, for the domains that are being blocked (google tag manager, c.aax.ads.com in the case of reddit, among other domains) given the site just keeps on trying to load them and waits FOREVER to not get a response from those domains that I have blocked.... anybody found a solution to make the sites load faster aka stopping them from trying to load those dead (blocked) domains?? I predominantly use Firefox and Firefox variant browsers, as well as chrome occasionally, so it would not be a problem for me if someone suggests either a Firefox or google chrome add-on, so long as it gets the job done, but preference would be to something I could do on either pfsense's side, pihole's side, or otherwise NOT browser specific, given this problem will happen for all the devices used on my network including mobile devices (android tablets and phones)

      it is worth noting, this is my network, and nobody other than myself uses it, just in case that ends up coming up (given that I use squid proxy with MITM mode FINALLY working, aka I FINALLY after around a year now, have SSL interception and decryption working, AT LONG LAST....reason for it is to scan the SSL data with clamAV as well as to use squid to cache frequently accessed data from sites static files......pain in the ass, but at long last, it seems to finally work xD)

      also will be posting this on reddit, just in case.

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan @High_Voltage
        last edited by

        @high_voltage

        In the beginning, these issues didn't exist, right ?
        It was unbound doing resolving, and that's it.

        Then you added a pi-hole ...... for DNS ? (why ? What does pih-hole that pfBlocker can't do ?)
        Then you added pfBlockerNG-devel-3.xxxx (which dies nothing by itself) but you applied some settings and chose your feeds.
        And now there are issues.

        To know why and what : undo everything.
        Things should start to work right away. Right ?
        Now, add what you have to add, but take a big pause between every step.
        Test !

        When the issue comes back, you know now where to look for.

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        • High_VoltageH
          High_Voltage @Gertjan
          last edited by

          @gertjan I ended up figuring out the problem, not that I remember what it ended up being to be totally honest though. thank you!

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