Diversion Diversion ad blocking works with secure DNS disabled only

[texnote]

I have installed Diversion on my Asus RT-AC86U, firmware: 386.14_2. The only way I can get ad blocking to work is if I turn off secure DNS in browser (Chrome/Edge on Windows 11 or Chrome/Safari on MacOS). Is this the only way to enable Diversion on a laptop, or is there a way to have both browser-based secure DNS and Diversion ad blocking? Please see my router screenshots too in case I have configured something incorrectly. Thank you all so very much.

 

[ColinTaylor]

or is there a way to have both browser-based secure DNS and Diversion ad blocking?

No. The "secure" part of secure DNS means the browser talks directly to the target DNS server over a secure link. So by definition it will not talk to any other DNS server, be that Diversion, your ISP's, or anyone else.