Looking for the best solution to block ads/trackers on my entire home network.
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As the title says, I want to block ads and trackers on the whole home network. I’ve been using adblockers and trackers for years now; however, my family isn’t very tech-savvy, which makes them vulnerable. I currently have a Raspberry Pi. I was thinking of setting up Pi-Hole with AdGuard. Any other suggestions are welcome. (I can’t use a custom router, because my ISP doesn’t allow it)
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PfSense with PFblockerNG or Pihole
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If you want cheap and easy, something like NextDNS. Otherwise, your tentative plan works just as well. My family liked NextDNS because all I had to do was have them install an app, enter my code (for the profile I configure for them), and set it to on. The rest was magic, to them.
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Controld.com is what i use and it works great.
They have one server that blocks nothing, one server that blocks known malware, one server that blocks known malware and advertising and tracking, and a server that blocks all of that, including social media. And they are all free.
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That really doesn't sound that easy...
Pihole has its issues, but at least you dont need to setup each and every device individually.
For balance, the main issue I have with pihole is that family members can't easily bypass it when they need to, which is inconvenient.
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I second your idea of going with Pi-Hole. It is purpose-made for this and easy to setup.
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I set up NextDNS for my family's devices and it wasn't that hard. Plus it still works even when they're not on the home network.
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You can set up NextDNS on the router to cover every device on the network. My family is all over the country, so the app was easier for my use case.
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Put your router into modem mode and dqisy chain another. Look at the serial and find the original manufacture for manuals. ISPs don't make their own routers. They contract that out.
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Pi-hole works great for me, but everyone else on the network that uses Google hates it because the entire first page is ads and they can’t click on them.
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You can also use the DMZ setting for your router depending on the software on the device from your ISP. DMZ means all traffic is forwarded that hits the device.
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Ah, okay, thats much more simple then.
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Make a NextDNS with the settings/features you like and add that as your router's DNS service. Super simple
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We have an Odroid with AdGuard that's worked great for many years. We used to use Pihole but had niggles that Meany AdGuard was easier. For us we wanted a completely free solution that we had complete control over.
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I use Adguard's public DNS on my router for convenience, no problems at all. In the past I had pi-hole with some lists that in the end, from time to time, broke things.
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I use Ad-Guard instead of Pihole because the pi-hole software used to be missing some of the DNS features I wanted at the time, and I just stuck with it ever since.
I have the main DNS server running on my Unraid Box, and a backup that runs on my HomeAssistant Pi4B. -
yep, 100% set yourself up a pihole. You'll likely need to set it as your DNS via DHCP in your router, or configure it manually on devices that allow that.
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Either Pi-Hole or there is also AdGuard Home
From what I’ve heard their as good as each other it just comes down on what UI you prefer^^
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Plugging my favorite block lists:
- general browsing https://firebog.net/
- For TV's https://github.com/hkamran80/blocklists
- For Phones https://github.com/craiu/mobiletrackers
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This is a great list. Blocks about 95% of all advertisements. About 4% are unblockable due to one reason or another, and the remaining 1% get added very quickly. I highly recommend this solution.
