AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server

Post by yumraj » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 6:49 AM UTC

sangnoir wrote: post #204

JadoJodo wrote: post #3

I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS. Note: This is…

> PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. I don't know what problems you had with your Pi that resulted in 10% downtime, but that sort of hyperbole sounds a lot like shilling. Cases of SD card corruption are 99.9% due to the use of underpowered power supplies - just buy the official Raspberry Pi power supply if you can be bothered to search for a proper 2…

Post by Moru » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 7:09 AM UTC

stupidog wrote: post #179

theshrike79 wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SD card corruption that just slowly started degrading the results, twice. For the price of a single Pi, I can get NextDNS ad protection for _all_ my devices for multiple years. No matter where they are.

Same here. After a few SD Card corruptions, I was done. NextDNS has been fantastic. And like you said, easily portable.

Post by ciceryadam » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 7:14 AM UTC

yumraj wrote: post #212

sangnoir wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. I don't know what problems you had with your Pi that resulted in 10% downtime, but that sort of hyperbole sounds a lot like shilling. Cases of SD card corruption are 99.9% due to the use of underpowered power supplies - just buy the official Raspberry Pi power supply if you can be bothered to search for a proper 2…

Don’t want to jinx it but I’ve been running a pihole on a RPi 3 for a really long time - at least 6-7 years and the only thing I’ve had to do is an occasional upgrade. I like the convenience and the fact that I’m blocking about 4M domains. My TV is also forced to use it so ads don’t update on Android TV. Not sure if NextDNS supports custom domain lists or not.

Post by andreagrandi » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 7:40 AM UTC

sangnoir wrote: post #204

JadoJodo wrote: post #3

I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS. Note: This is…

> PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. I don't know what problems you had with your Pi that resulted in 10% downtime, but that sort of hyperbole sounds a lot like shilling. Cases of SD card corruption are 99.9% due to the use of underpowered power supplies - just buy the official Raspberry Pi power supply if you can be bothered to search for a proper 2…

Post by fignews » Wed, Feb 07, 2024, 8:35 AM UTC

int_19h wrote: post #54

One other neat thing about AdGuard is that it is available as a Home Assistant addin - and it does integrate with the rest of HA, so you can e.g. have a switch to enable/disable blocking as part of your dashboard.