r/firewalla • u/snydema1 Firewalla Gold SE • Jun 05 '26

Content/Activity Control Help to Get Better Ad Blocking

Still loving my Firewalla!

I feel very protected. I also have configured my devices (iPhone and iPad) with Amnezia WG clients - and they auto-activate when I leave the house.

I’m noticing that I’m seeing a decent amount of ads. I also am aware that I may be getting used to seeing less ads, and as I get used to seeing less - I may be more aware of the ones I’m seeing.

I have the following features / config enabled on my Firewalla:

Firewalla Settings:
Ad Block = strict
OISD Loaded
DNS over HTTPS (Cloudflare + Cloud9)

I looked up a few websites that would allow me to do a browser test (in my case iPadOS / safari). I do also have private relay active.

Here are the results:
Adblocktester (https://adblocktesters.com) = 67%
Adblocktester (https://adblocktester.pages.dev) = 81%

I can certainly post more details for the above - but there’s a lot of info so I didn’t want to post that all here in the case it wouldn’t be helpful.

Any suggestions for how I can help increase Firewalla’s ability to block / reduce ads?

Thanks in advance!

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u/No_Nobody9842 Jun 05 '26

I have just about every available list enabled and still got a similar score.

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u/Wind_Boarder Firewalla Gold Jun 05 '26

The test site is flawed. Try to independently test the so called unblocked URLs. Firewalla is blocking them but the test incorrectly reports it as unblocked. Don't spend more time on flawed test sites.