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- [Windows thinks there is no internet connection, but there is one.](./FAQs#windows-thinks-there-is-no-internet-connection-but-there-is-one-315)
- [The Admin page stats take a long time to load (or times out)](./FAQs#the-admin-page-stats-take-a-long-time-to-load-or-times-out-341)
- [FireFox displays 'Unable to connect' instead of blocking the ad](./FAQs#firefox-displays-unable-to-connect-instead-of-blocking-the-ad-303)
- [Can I redirect a domain to a different domain?](./FAQs#can-i-redirect-a-domain-to-a-different-domain-333)
### Can I blacklist wildcard domains? [#672](../issues/672)
This has been implemented as a native feature. You can use the web interface (blacklist page), or the command `pihole -wild <domain to block>`
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The stats can take a little while to process, and this is just because it's being run on a low-power device! If you have something running on the pi that uses a lot of processing power, the stat calculations could take longer than usual. To fix the stats from timing out, edit `/etc/php5/cgi/php.ini`, increase `max_execution_time` and restart the `lighttpd` service.
### FireFox displays 'Unable to connect' instead of blocking the ad [#303](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issues/303)
Certain ad networks use iFrames in order to display their ads. Depending on your adlist selection the pi-hole can block these ads, however in FireFox there is an error displayed (instead of a whitespace). This can make it look like something broke. To fix this you can use a FireFox extension called uBlock, which can be used to hide those elements. You can find this extension on the [uBlock github page](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock)
### Can I redirect a domain to a different domain? [#333](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issues/333)
If you want to redirect traffic from `www.exampledomain1.com` to `www.differentdomain.com` that is possible. There are a few things you need to do to get this working.
* First you need to create 2 files using the `touch` command:
```
sudo touch /etc/dnsmasq.d/customRedirect.conf
sudo touch /etc/customRedirect.list
```
* In `/etc/dnsmasq.d/customRedirect.conf` you'll need to ad the following reference (using nano for example) to the other file:
```
addn-hosts=/etc/customRedirect.list
```
* Next, you can put the actual redirect in `/etc/customRedirect.list`, in this example these 2 lines:
```
www.exampledomain1.com www.differentdomain.com
exampledomain1.com differentdomain.com
```
* This would redirect exampledomain1.com to differentdomain.com. The actual markup is
`domain/ip address-redirect-from-domain redirect-to-domain`
* Please note, if the domain you are trying to redirect elsewhere is already in pi-hole's blacklist, it is going to be duplicated there, run `whitelist.sh <domain>` so that it is ignored by pi-hole, and is instead picked up by `customRedirect.list`
Certain ad networks use iFrames in order to display their ads. Depending on your adlist selection the pi-hole can block these ads, however in FireFox there is an error displayed (instead of a whitespace). This can make it look like something broke. To fix this you can use a FireFox extension called uBlock, which can be used to hide those elements. You can find this extension on the [uBlock github page](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock)