AdGuard Home Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Suspicious popup on M1 MacBook Pro 4/4

  Younglings? You also should consider installing AdGuard Home on a mini PC, Raspberry Pi, etc. And using it for your home DNS server. AdGuard Home has a Family protection mode that blocks inappropriate sites and enforces safe browsing while also blocking ads and trackers. Source: 5 months ago

• NO NEWS!

  Maybe try adguard home which is similar to pihole but has a feature where you can block specific websites and social media so seems more like what you are looking for: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html. Source: about 1 year ago

• Ad Blocking without PiHole or other new hardware

  You don't need a Raspberry Pi to run Pi-hole. You can run it in Docker. AdGuard Home is an alternative to Pi-hole. Source: about 1 year ago

• Solution for unreachable "Fritz.box" Site while using a DNS like Googles 8.8.8.8

  However, personally I recommend a selfhosted variant like PiHole or Adguard Home, which offer both network wide adblocking. The latter offers an easier setup and features out of the box. Source: about 1 year ago

• Adguard DNS constantly drops the connection, how to solve it?

  You might also consider running AdGuard Home locally and pointing your devices to that instead. Then you can run any DNS server and still have adblocking. There is also Control D as an alternative to the AdGuard DNS servers if you don't want to run a local resolver. Source: about 1 year ago

• Brave still connects to ads

  Hi. I am using adguard home on a raspberry pi as network level and blocker https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html. Source: over 1 year ago

• How do you setup local domains?

  Assuming you have some form of Raspberry Pi or SFF PC at your disposal, the simplest solution that also grants you some great ad blocking on your network as a bonus would be something like Pi Hole or Adguard Home. Source: over 1 year ago

• Need to change. Any recommendations for Free VPNs?

  If you want Adguard options, you can just set up a small server for Adguard Home, which will do filters, and block ads (though I don't think they'll block Youtube or Twitch ads all that reliably compared to a browser adblocker) but it's still good enough for most stuff. It's free to set up, and there is a version for Windows, though I recommend setting this up on Linux.... Source: over 1 year ago

• AdGaurd Home advice for non-expert needed

  So I saw AdGuard Home recommended and it sounds great but as with most things that get technical, the people behind it assume everyone has a level of knowledge similar to theirs. I don't. Source: over 1 year ago

• How many VLAN for a home and family network?

  I use the plugins zenarmor and adguardhome then I enabled DNS over TLS via Unbound. Source: over 1 year ago

• Monitor home network

  Simplest thing would be to setup a DNS server like AdGuard Home or Pi-Hole. Then from the DHCP settings on your router you can have your clients use this DNS server. Source: over 1 year ago

• Yet another "pfSense is blocking my Alexa" thread

  I found pfBlockerNG to be a nightmare, I went with AdGuardHome, it'll do what you want and is much easier. Source: over 1 year ago

• you’ll all move over eventually

  Network-wide (block ads on your xbox/phone/smart tv/etc, requires more than just 2 clicks) (alternative). Source: over 1 year ago

• 500mps fiber vs 1 gig non-fiber

  You also may want to think about adding a "whole home" ad blocker, like Pi-hole or AdGuard Home. These improve web performance by eliminating a lot of unneeded web/DNS traffic for ads and tracking. Source: over 1 year ago

• Wall of silence surrounds plan for nationwide collection of citizens’ internet records

  If you don't run an OS that supports it, or you want all device on your home network to use it then you can set up something like AdGuard Home or Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi or similar dedicated device to act as a local DNS server. Then configure that to resolve using DoH or DoT. As a bonus this can also perform ad-blocking & tracker blocking at the same time. Source: almost 2 years ago

• [Question] Alternatives to Ad Away that won't drain battery as fast or make phone hot?

  If you've a Raspberry Pi knocking about, you can run it (or Pi Hole) for free at home. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Do you guys use an adblocker? If yes, which setup do you recommend?

  I use Adguard Home network wide. On top of that I have uBlock Origin. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Choose alternative DNS

  I don't think it does that much of a difference tbh. One thing you can do to speed things up in your local network is set up a local DNS server like AdGuard Home, Pi-hole or Unbound, which keep a local DNS cache so that repeating requests don't even need to leave your home network. Source: about 2 years ago

• Looking for Self Hosted Parental Watch system to monitor web activity.

  I haven't used it for parental controls but I do believe it's an option with AdGuard Home. Source: about 2 years ago