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- | ===== Update Lists ===== | ||
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- | Updates are run on the schedule earlier. | ||
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- | However, the first one must be initiated manually to take effect immediately. | ||
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- | Navigate to **Firewall -> pfBlockerNG -> Update**. | ||
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- | Click the radio button for **Update** and click the **Run** button. | ||
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- | Observe the log viewer as the update processes and allow it a couple minutes to finish. | ||
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- | After the initial update, you should notice ads are now being blocked in your browser. | ||
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- | ===== Check the Services ===== | ||
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- | Navigate to **Status -> Services**. | ||
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- | Restart both **pfBlockerNG DNSBL** & **Unbound** services. | ||
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- | ===== Testing from the command line ===== | ||
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- | Normally, pinging a site will return the sites actual IP address. | ||
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- | However, with pfBlockerNG properly setup you may instead see a reply of 10.10.10.1, which is the default virtual IP address DNSBL creates: | ||
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- | For sites that are allowed to get through, their proper IP address will be returned by a ping instead of 10.10.10.1: | ||
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- | The same goes for an nslookup query, which will also return a response of 10.10.10.1 for adverts: | ||
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- | For sites that are allowed to get through, their proper IP address will be returned instead of 10.10.10.1. | ||
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pfsense/pfblockerng/install_pfblockerng.1611831722.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/01/28 11:02 by peter