Adblock support thread

[phinn]

@atux_null https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/dns/adguard-home

Regarding the bug I mentioned above, the speedy devs have already fixed it, so tomorrow's snapshot should be all good.

[Fox]

I guess it got lost within the other questions. Can you @dibdot or someone else shed some light on the preservation of the DNS cache when adblock is used in combination with unbound? I'm a bit confused, how adblock effects this and if unbound will still cache or not. A not-caching DNS resolver would be a bit inconvenient.

[dibdot]

The unbound cache will be preserved via unbound-control.

[rexbinary]

What do you think is going on here? Not sure I've seen the same site get OK and NX back-to-back, much less multiple ones.

config adblock 'global'
        option adb_enabled '1'
        option adb_debug '0'
        option adb_forcedns '1'
        option adb_safesearch '0'
        option adb_dnsfilereset '0'
        option adb_mail '0'
        option adb_report '1'
        option adb_backup '1'
        option adb_dns 'dnsmasq'
        option adb_fetchutil 'curl'
        option adb_trigger 'wan'
        option adb_triggerdelay '2'
        list adb_sources 'oisd_big'
        option adb_repiface 'eth1'
        list adb_zonelist 'lan'
        list adb_zonelist 'worklan'
        list adb_portlist '53'
        list adb_portlist '853'
        list adb_portlist '5353'

[dibdot]

Which adblock version? Maybe IPv4 vs. IPv6...

[Doppel-D]

Can you say something about what (type of) client is sending the requests?

[rexbinary]

I don't have IPv6 connectivity from my provider, maybe that's it. It's version 4.1.5-10.

I seed some Linux distros so this is tracker connections. I know they do try to reach out via IPv6, but I don't recall seeing NX for them in the log in Adblock.

Something recently new is I used to do my own DNS redirect with firewall rules, but I now leave that up to Adblock's Force Local DNS option. Maybe that's why I see these now in the log and not before?

I did queries on those domains in Adblock and they are not blocked.

[Jgdjsa81]

After updating to the latest version 4.1.5-10, AdBlock suddenly stopped working on my R7800 Log is also empty.

What to do?

[dibdot]

Set a startup trigger ... or update to 4.1.5-11 (see https://github.com/openwrt/packages/commit/b76f6e1c166d0344f9022d1ca994946414d9d035 for reference).

[Jgdjsa81]

Awesome, setting a startup trigger (LAN) fixed the issue

[thekillah]

I have a virtualized OpenWRT on a Proxmox (X86) environment and a lot of resources available.

My goal is to use Unbound as a resolver.

With Archlinux or Debian this is quickly set up, I think it makes sense to continue using DNSMasq as a DHCP server.

Roughly speaking, what are the steps to run Adblock in Unbound?
I realized this a few years ago with a Fritzbox 4040.
Since it was so long ago, I can't remember the order in which I did it.

[rexbinary]

Check out adb_dns in the readme.

openwrt/packages/blob/master/net/adblock/files/README.md

[Mo_cse]

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to reload Adblock when the internet is up. I know about setting the trigger to WAN and adding a delay, but it's not always working in my case. My router is connected to an ONU, and the ONU needs time to connect to the PPPoE and get the internet.

I asked ChatGPT (civil engineer is here with no programming experience ), and it suggested the following script to put in the local startup section in LuCI:

#!/bin/sh
# /etc/rc.local

# Function to check internet connectivity
check_internet() {
    # Try to ping Google DNS
    ping -c 1 8.8.8.8 >/dev/null 2>&1
    return $?
}

# Wait until internet is available
until check_internet; do
    sleep 5
done

# Restart adblock once internet is available
/etc/init.d/adblock restart

exit 0

However, it doesn't always work; sometimes the loaded domains still read 0 after a simultaneous reboot of the ONU and router.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks!

[Doppel-D]

^^ Would try trigger WAN again and increase delay in /etc/config/adblock

option adb_triggerdelay '60'

or more....

[Mo_cse]

I'm specifically looking for a way to check ping to 8.8.8.8 first, and when there is ping..adb reload.
Is that possible?

[kuki68ster]

Hi there, just install adblock and i it works well without issues...

I have a question and a sugestion:

Do i need to setup a cron job to update the lists? If yes, can anyone share the command? Thanks...

Secondly, I have already seen this request in this chat, but I would like to add my support for the addition of the hagezis lists...OISD works fine, but more good options are ok also...

[efahl]

@kuki68ster

Do i need to setup a cron job to update the lists?

Click on the "Refresh Timer" button on the Adblock window in LuCI and it will walk you through that.

[anon43134599]

Can someone give me a hand with this please?

Whitelist only mode not working

Hi, I'm trying to setup openwrt so kids can only access youtube kids and nothing else. I've tried: with luci, typing the websites on the whitelist list tab and enabling "jail mode" on advanced settings. It didn't work. I've read this thread Block all website url except some whitelisted - #3 by manuel.vita96 , tried creating a jail file on /etc/ and typing the path on the dhcp file under dnsmasq and it only worked once and never again Is there anything I might be missing here? Is this functio…

[dibdot]

Just post your adblock config & your dns backend config (dnsmasq uses /etc/config/dhcp) - thanks.