I got my glinet gl-axt1800 mainly for the adguard support out of the box, as a way to keep my smart tv experience sane. Works pretty well.
AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server
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Re: AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server
#92Standing reminder that any device smart enough to run a real web browser shouldn't use one of these and doesn't need one. uBlock Origin works much better for any device capable of running it, both in terms of user experience (the browser understands a block rather than a mysteriously failing request) and because it can block first party ads and clean up page layout.
The primary use case for these is for blocking ads on devices that don't allow running a real browser and yet still shows ads, such as "smart home" devices, TVs, etc.
Re: AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server
#93Unfortunately it is a 11mb install, which makes it quite unfitting for your usual openwrt device
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've used ControlD [ https://controld.com/ ] for this and liked it. Does anyone know how NextDNS compares to it? ControlD has worked well for me, outside a few UI complaints I have with their site. I do have some concerns with trust as I don't know much about ControlD, and I'd rather use the most trusted service for this.
I've been a NextDNS user for years now, and am trying out ControlD (last week) before I commit to switching. NextDNS development seems to have stalled and there are a number of conveniences missing, such as being able to label allowlist entries (ControlD supports this). Also, running the NextDNS app on a device that use a different profile then the one on my home router results in constant issues when the device wake…
It looks like cost is not comparable. ControlD pricing is per user and a router costs $5/month, but NextDNS is a flat $20/year.
So ControlD would be significantly more than NextDNS for me personally.
Re: AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server
#95You might be interested in py-hole. It's just a python script and some dnsmasq configuration, it runs on openwrt, is free and close to zero cpu usage.
Re: AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server
#96With a self-hosted DNS internally, how do you handle fallback?
For example if the box with Adguard Home or pihole crashes, can you configure your router or your devices in a way that would instead go to say cloudflare or google DNS?
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#97I 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…
I'm curious what issues you ran into with Pi-hole? I was running my instance for years without a single hiccup. I ended up moving to AdGuard Home about a year ago though because I wanted to run it on my OPNSense box. I have an automatic WireGuard VPN set up on my devices to VPN into my home network when I'm not connected to my SSID, so my local DNS still works remotely.
> I have an automatic WireGuard VPN set up on my devices to VPN into my home network when I'm not connected to my SSID, so my local DNS still works remotely.
Exact same setup for me also.
I also run Tailscale since I have run into some remote networks that blocked wireguard's port.
Re: AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server
#98Those who are using DNS level ad blocking: how much do sites break? And how easy is it to unblock them?
I currently use browser based blocking and find a lot of sites don’t work at all. Typically SPAs.
But if I have to use them, I can disable the adblocker in two clicks. How does that compare?
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#99Related:
AdGuard Home: Network-wide ads and trackers blocking DNS server - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33387678 - Oct 2022 (113 comments)
Show HN: AdGuard Home – an open source network-wide ad blocker - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18238503 - Oct 2018 (2 comments)
Re: AdGuard Home: Network-wide ad- and tracker-blocking DNS server
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been a NextDNS user for years now, and am trying out ControlD (last week) before I commit to switching. NextDNS development seems to have stalled and there are a number of conveniences missing, such as being able to label allowlist entries (ControlD supports this). Also, running the NextDNS app on a device that use a different profile then the one on my home router results in constant issues when the device wake…
It looks like cost is not comparable. ControlD pricing is per user and a router costs $5/month, but NextDNS is a flat $20/year. So ControlD would be significantly more than NextDNS for me personally.
Their "personal" pricing is $20 per year. It looks like they've moved that to a separate pricing page and are gearing the other for business use.