Diversion Diversion - the Router Ad-Blocker

[L&LD]

@Matthew Patrick, leftover files are not automagically removed.

I would do a full/proper 'clean' install again.

Safely remove the USB drive. Format it on a PC to NTFS. Do not insert it into the router until the following steps are complete.

Select 'Format the JFFS partition on the next boot' and make sure you hit 'Apply' at the bottom of the page. Reboot the router 3 times in the next 15 minutes, waiting between 5 to 10 minutes between each reboot.

Now, insert the untouched NTFS formatted drive into the router and format it as outlined in the amtm Step-by-Step Guide (do not try to install amtm, of course. It is already installed on RMerlin firmware 384.15_0 or later).

Again, via amtm;

Create a 2GB swap file.

Enable disk checker.

Reboot and check the disk checker log for a healthy USB drive.

If all is right at this point, then I would use amtm to install the scripts you want. Do not use backups.

HTH.

 

[Matthew Patrick]

Enable diversion and then run dnsmasq --test to see if the resulting config file has any errors. Also make sure your new USB has a disk label.

I'll try later on today... And my usb always has a name. SanDisk

@Matthew Patrick, leftover files are not automagically removed.

I would do a full/proper 'clean' install again.

Safely remove the USB drive. Format it on a PC to NTFS. Do not insert it into the router until the following steps are complete.

Select 'Format the JFFS partition on the next boot' and make sure you hit 'Apply' at the bottom of the page. Reboot the router 3 times in the next 15 minutes, waiting between 5 to 10 minutes between each reboot.

Now, insert the untouched NTFS formatted drive into the router and format it as outlined in the amtm Step-by-Step Guide (do not try to install amtm, of course. It is already installed on RMerlin firmware 384.15_0 or later).

Again, via amtm;

Create a 2GB swap file.

Enable disk checker.

Reboot and check the disk checker log for a healthy USB drive.

If all is right at this point, then I would use amtm to install the scripts you want. Do not use backups.

HTH.

I meant like if leftovers files are there. Installing it should have replaced the configuration files. And even if it doesn't replace it, uninstalling the script must remove it completely. Unless uninstalling via diversion isnt clean aka it leaves leftovers files.. but I'll try it later too. Can't do it now. Internet being used hehe

 

[L&LD]

When a drive fails, you can't depend on a 'cleanup' of leftover files.

 

[Matthew Patrick]

@dave14305 tried enabling diversion again. Confirmed the dns is not working. Tried the command. It just said syntax ok.

 

[thelonelycoder]

@dave14305 tried enabling diversion again. Confirmed the dns is not working. Tried the command. It just said syntax ok.

Looks like Dnsmasq cannot start for some reason when Diversion is enabled, preventing DNS resolution. Do you see entries in the Syslog from Dnsmasq?
If not, see if /opt/var/log/dnsmasq.log has lines that indicate failures or errors.

 

[Matthew Patrick]

Looks like Dnsmasq cannot start for some reason when Diversion is enabled, preventing DNS resolution. Do you see entries in the Syslog from Dnsmasq?
If not, see if /opt/var/log/dnsmasq.log has lines that indicate failures or errors.

Don't have the log folder for some reasons. Also just for info I did use fd to do ext4 journalling, enable disk checker from amtm. Then install diversion which in the installation I installed the entware.

 

[dave14305]

Don't have the log folder for some reasons. Also just for info I did use fd to do ext4 journalling, enable disk checker from amtm. Then install diversion which in the installation I installed the entware.

Do you have an /opt/var directory? Maybe Entware isn’t setting up correctly.

 

[Matthew Patrick]

Do you have an /opt/var directory? Maybe Entware isn’t setting up correctly.

Those are all there. Just the log folder. And entware is working correctly. Everything is installed properly. I could even install smartmontools and it works like usual. Weird huh?. Diversion entware installation doesn't have any errors . Should've kept the log. But I removed it

 

[here1310]

Hello everybody,
I have the following problem with the android app google play:

diversion list standard / fs also for testing on standard

via pixel-svr ip, when a trailer is called, "A network problem has occurred"
the trailer is played via the ip of the fast switch (device on costum 1 in the DNS filter instead of router)

dnsmasq.log shows no blockages live (follow dnsmasq.log)

What is the difference between pixel-svr and fastswitch?
my guess https traffic / certificate ???

 

[thelonelycoder]

Hello everybody,
I have the following problem with the android app google play:

diversion list standard / fs also for testing on standard

via pixel-svr ip, when a trailer is called, "A network problem has occurred"
the trailer is played via the ip of the fast switch (device on costum 1 in the DNS filter instead of router)

dnsmasq.log shows no blockages live (follow dnsmasq.log)

What is the difference between pixel-svr and fastswitch?
my guess https traffic / certificate ???

You cannot compare pixelserv-tls with the fs function. pixelserv-tls is a software that answers to http and https traffic directed to it. The fs fastswitch is a function that switches between blocking list types. Usually one would use a smaller blocking list for the secondary type, which I would do if I were you. The blocking list(s) direct the containing domains to pixelserv-tls.

 

[here1310]

Thank you for your reply.
i am trying to understand the functions, therefore the same filter list on the fs.
now I have deactivated ps for the sake of testing, filter lists standard and ps are the same ... nevertheless the problem of the google play app remains,
Only in costum1 mode (fs-ip) do the trailer displays or the film call-up function.
In this constellation, both modes should behave identically, right ???

 

[New2This]

Running diversion atm, I see Netflix.com like to call home, I have just over 39,385 blocked

Crazy amount

 

[tekrich]

Has anyone had the issue where pixelserv-tls stops running?

I've just disabled it because I keep restarting it but it stops running.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Has anyone had the issue where pixelserv-tls stops running?

I've just disabled it because I keep restarting it but it stops running.

There will be entries in the Syslog why it stops working.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Thank you for your reply.
i am trying to understand the functions, therefore the same filter list on the fs.
now I have deactivated ps for the sake of testing, filter lists standard and ps are the same ... nevertheless the problem of the google play app remains,
Only in costum1 mode (fs-ip) do the trailer displays or the film call-up function.
In this constellation, both modes should behave identically, right ???

So you are using the alternate blocking list (b, 6). I cannot reproduce your problem on my Android phone. All trailers I watched work through both the primary and secondary lists. They block indeed the exact same domains if both use the same blocking list.

 

[duffydack]

Running diversion atm, I see Netflix.com like to call home, I have just over 39,385 blocked

Crazy amount

View attachment 26835

Hmm, what is this graph from ?

 

[Makaveli]

Hmm, what is this graph from ?

That is the Top blocked domains from uiDivStats

 

[nfshp253]

I have the YouTube adblocking enabled. Should I keep seeing the same video ads over and over again though? I thought diversion was supposed to learn and adapt?

 

[Makaveli]

I have the YouTube adblocking enabled. Should I keep seeing the same video ads over and over again though? I thought diversion was supposed to learn and adapt?

Thanks for the reminder I just enabled this feature will see how it goes after a couple days.

 

[nfshp253]

I just hope it works on YouTube on TVs. On my PC I can just use uBlock and that's been absolutely stellar. (I've disabled uBlock on YouTube just to let diversion do its thing).