hello

was wondering if anybody here use adblock services here (self hosted, DoH/DoT offsite service like adguard, nextdns, etc.)

my journey in ad blocking and content control is:

1. PiHole
i have some RPi 1 B+ laying around, so i set up pihole there and run it about 1 year. it was okay but lacking stuff like DoT/DoH.

then i moved to hosted service:

2. nextDNS
free account, with 300k queries. free functions (can select ad list services, time pause some services like youtube, block porn and force youtube restricted mode, etc.)

used it a couple of months and want more, so i change to

3. AdGuard Home (self hosted)
i installed it on my RPi 1 B+ but thing sometimes use near 100% of the CPU and slow down the system. i have an unused intel atom laptop (lenovo s10-3 with atom n450) laying around, so i installed adguard there and also use it as a private shared server (accessed outisde with cloudflared tunnel). so far running fine (CPU usage below 10% and temp around 50c-to 60c. watt usage is at 8w).

still waiting for content filter to come out with youtube keyword blocking though, then i can block that youtube channel 'wolfoo' because i hate wolfoo.

hows the dns response time?

i once tried hosting adguard at office server with unifi 800mbps fixed ip and port forward.

kinda slow

if you're into customizing what to block (assuming you didnt do this yet)

1. set DDNS on your asus router (fqdn will be like somethingyouchoose.asuscomm.com)

2. register free adguard dns account

3. put your ddns fqdn at your account so that adguard knows your profile

4. set the given dns IP on your adguard account to your router

oh, that device support docker?

i just experimenting with adguard with open port & cloudflared tunnel.

1. adguard DoT, port forward 853 and using letsencrypt cert
work but sometimes a bit wonky (cannot resolve)

2. adguard DoH, port forward 443 and using letsencrypt cert
worked ok

3. adguard DoH with cloudflared tunnel & port forward 443 with cloudflare proxy
worked ok but sometimes high response time

one thing i still stuck is, when using cloudflared tunnel/proxy, client section is like this:



but on port forward, its like this:



This post has been edited by eds2: Jan 29 2024, 12:40 PM

What blocklist you use?

I’m using these btw. Most of the ad is blocked

before you abandon your adguard home set up, see if this have any results on your adguard home dashboard

1. at your PC, open cmd or terminal

2. type:
nslookup
server 192.168.0.2 <-- change the IP address to your adguard home IP
google.com
www.google-analytics.com

3. 'google.com' should return something and google-analytics.com will show 0.0.0.0

results might look like this:





This post has been edited by eds2: Feb 2 2024, 04:25 PM

support. you want to use the adguard built in dhcp server?

beside adblock, i use adguard for content filter for my kids since it can force restriction mode for youtube plus blocking services like deviantart, etc.

i installed it on old intel atom netbook (lenovo s10-3). power usage is very low since it is only for adguard and file storage.

then i upgraded to intel n100 mini pc, install proxmox (act as my dev server since i WFH alot) and add adguard on it.

i'm using headless debian. didnt bother with the screen settings because its always fold down.

just that the battery already busted. if blackout, i have to manually turn it back on lol.

can you open the adguard gui on the laptop (localhost:88 or 192.168.0.88:88) ?

Usually windows firewall is not needed for local access…but have you tried disable firewall or add the ‘adguardhome’ exe in firewall exclusion?

This post has been edited by eds2: Aug 22 2024, 10:49 AM

Just fyi, those who use tm unifi, adguard and set doh and dot at this section, There’s probably left a couple of url you can use

Unfiltered adguard
Control d
Quad9 unfiltered