How to Monitor DNS Requests in Real Time on FreeFiltering

Learn how to use the "Real Time" feature on FreeFiltering to see DNS requests as they occur in real time. This can be helpful if you want to diagnose why a particular site or app is not loading. It is especially helpful if you are blocking ads on your entire wi-fi network. For example, suppose you are trying to watch a TV show or movie from a streaming app. It's possible that we are blocking an ad-serving domain that the streaming app is requesting to play an ad. This could prevent your TV show/movie from loading - the streaming app wants to show you the ad because that's how they earn income from your viewership. In that case, you may need to monitor in real time what domain is being blocked when you try to load the particular streaming app or show.