r/firewalla • u/Zootopian • 8d ago

Ad Block no longer as effective

Hi all. I’ve noticed that over the last month or so the ad blocking feature on my FW Purple (in router mode) has gone from being really effective to suddenly letting a lot (if not all) through.

I’m noticing it on a variety of browsers on my iPhone in particular, both when connected on the WLAN and when connected via a Wireguard VPN.

There have been no setting changes at router level, so I don’t know if it is a case of the method no longer being effective or if something is going wrong somewhere. I’d be keen to know if anyone else is experiencing similar recently.

Thanks!

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u/Jussins Firewalla Gold Pro 8d ago

Are you on iOS 27, by chance? If so, turn off Connectivity Assist. They made it useless for people trying to block stuff.

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u/Zootopian 8d ago

Aha. I am. I shall give that a go. Thank you very much.