Diversion Diversion 5.4.6 - the Router Ad-Blocker, July 27, 2025

[thelonelycoder]

Diversion 5.4.6 is now available

• Some cosmetic changes here and there.
• Fixes grep error output when a uiDivStats installation is incomplete. Thanks to @fritzk33 for reporting.
• Adds garycnew.github.io to the shared-Diversion-whitelist.

 

[fritzk33]

Thanks to thelonelycoder for the script update - all went well the next time around, the installation script completed on the first try, then I was able to go into the Diversion menu and update to 5.4.6 from there. Everything seems to be back in order.

Much appreciation to this very supportive community!

 

[Mutzli]

Quick question regarding the update process for Diversion. When the routine runs and the Entware server is unresponsive, what’s the expected behavior?

After waiting several minutes, I received the following messages:

  i  Checking Entware installation
  ✔  Entware found, running checks
Collected errors:
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://bin.entware.net/aarch64-k3.10/Packages.gz, wget returned 4.
 * opkg_download: Check your network settings and connectivity.

  ✔  Entware checks passed

Following that, another timeout occurred during the blocking list check.

I was wondering how the script is intended to handle these kinds of errors—does it have a built-in fallback or recovery process when this happens?

 

[RoiDesRois]

Please excuse me if this is not the correct location for posting or if the issue was already addressed.

I recently noticed that the Diversion On/Off Toggle does not seem to be working on the router interface. It will actually trigger On or Off but the after the progress, it flips right back to the initial state. For example if I turn it off, it will flip, show progress percentage, then show on still.

Checking the router directly does show that it is indeed off. The only thing that seems to correct this is rebooting the router. I've also force updated diversion to no avail. It was fine in the past so I'm not sure what happened. Any guidance or assistance is appreciated.

amtm is 6.1.4; diversion is 5.4.6 as of today (no change in behavior); Merlin 3006.102.4; RT-AX86U Pro

 

[ryosuke]

any guide to install diversion?

 

[jksmurf]

any guide to install diversion?

Two ways

1. From within amtm, i, then 1 (see list of scripts).

2. Via SSH. See https://diversion.ch/diversion/installation.html

 

[ryosuke]

Two ways

1. From within amtm, i, then 1 (see list of scripts).

2. Via SSH. See https://diversion.ch/diversion/installation.html

ok.. thanks! anyway after installing diversion, do i need to do anything for it? how do i know it is actually blocking ads?

 

[jksmurf]

ok.. thanks! anyway after installing diversion, do i need to do anything for it? how do i know it is actually blocking ads?

As regards your first question, no, unless you find you need to let a specific site through, in which case the mechanism to achieve this is via the use of whitelists.

There is already excellent documentation regarding achieving this and the forum has good examples. If, having first tried yourself, you have lingering issues feel free to present these with details of what you have tried and the resultant issue.

As regards the second, visually. Options are:

1. Try visiting a few websites and see if the ads that used to come up are no longer coming up or are at least replaced with a blank. You can disable it from within the GUI, try and then re-enable it and see the difference.
2. In amtm, 1, see domains blocked stats.
3. In WebGUI, LAN, Diversiuon Tab, the same.

 

[ryosuke]

As regards your first question, no, unless you find you need to let a specific site through, in which case the mechanism to achieve this is via the use of whitelists.

There is already excellent documentation regarding achieving this and the forum has good examples. If, having first tried yourself, you have lingering issues feel free to present these with details of what you have tried and the resultant issue.

As regards the second, visually. Options are:

1. Try visiting a few websites and see if the ads that used to come up are no longer coming up or are at least replaced with a blank. You can disable it from within the GUI, try and then re-enable it and see the difference.
2. In amtm, 1, see domains blocked stats.
3. In WebGUI, LAN, Diversiuon Tab, the same.

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ok, cool. Thanks!