Diversion Diversion 5.1.2 - the Router Ad-Blocker, April 21, 2024

[Aziron5]

It happened to me right now on RT-AX68U: error hostslist empty or not found ...

Some extra info ... the only obvious things I can recall right now was that WAN IPs changed several times, many reconnects, limited connectivity (modem link but no WAN), and the whole router was turned on idling without WAN or any DHCP clients for days (so it had a period of like no DNS activity of any kind)

 

[thelonelycoder]

It happened to me right now on RT-AX68U: error hostslist empty or not found ...

Any extra info ... the only obvious things I can recall right now was that WAN IPs changed several times, many reconnects, limited connectivity (modem link but no WAN), and the whole router was turned on idling without WAN or any DHCP clients for days (so it had a period of like no DNS activity of any kind)

Is Diversion updated to 5.1.2? Check the Update-blocking-list.log with sf in the SSH UI.

 

[SomeWhereOverTheRainBow]

Well, it finally happened - I met a forum member and user of my scripts in real life here in my hometown Lucerne, Switzerland. @visortgw is in town for two days with his charming wife and friends for a trip across part of Europe. Thank you for dinner, I enjoyed the in person exchange after so many years of collaboration and discussions on this board.

You were in good company!

 

[zer0bitz]

My usual luck is in play today.

Just updated firmware and got my router configured. Installed all of the scripts and lastly tried to install Diversion only to get error message that it cant download the Standard blocking list and for dnsmasq to fail to start.

I gotta reset my router again because its so unresponsive. What do with Diversion installation because I cant go manually change the blocking list? Too bad I didnt screenshot what goes wrong during it trying to download the Standard blocking list.

 

[Ripshod]

My usual luck is in play today.

Just updated firmware and got my router configured. Installed all of the scripts and lastly tried to install Diversion only to get error message that it cant download the Standard blocking list and for dnsmasq to fail to start.

I gotta reset my router again because its so unresponsive. What do with Diversion installation because I cant go manually change the blocking list? Too bad I didnt screenshot what goes wrong during it trying to download the Standard blocking list.

Just had to rebuild from scratch after updating Merlin, and I have to say I had no issues installing Diversion with the Standard list. I've switched to the Large list now though.

 

[zer0bitz]

Just had to rebuild from scratch after updating Merlin, and I have to say I had no issues installing Diversion with the Standard list. I've switched to the Large list now though.

Really strange. Im gonna try again if I get same error as last time. Will edit this post with screenshots if it happens.

Edit: Well it downloaded the blocking list and everything working. Switched also to Large list.

 

[Aziron5]

Is Diversion updated to 5.1.2? Check the Update-blocking-list.log with sf in the SSH UI.

Update did not fix. hostslist still empty. Troubleshoot further or just manually fix?

That's how it started:

Apr 15 12:00:16 Diversion: https://small.oisd.nl/dnsmasq2 is not a valid compatible file format, removing it from the hostslist

 

[martinr]

Well, it finally happened - I met a forum member and user of my scripts in real life here in my hometown Lucerne, Switzerland. @visortgw is in town for two days with his charming wife and friends for a trip across part of Europe. Thank you for dinner, I enjoyed the in person exchange after so many years of collaboration and discussions on this board.

I’ll wait till I hear visortgw’s version of events before I book my trip to Lucerne.

Only joking. I think that’s terrific, and I’m sure other members of this fraternity visiting Switzerland would arrange their trips to include a Diversion to Lucerne for a similar meet-up, especially as you’ve been so kind as to tell us about it. Really good to hear you enjoyed it so much.