The web UI is also very simple to use and quite quick to react.

I even integrated it with Home Assistant and my Grafana dashboard. It runs on my small Raspberry Pi based home server and runs well indeed. In general Adguard home is working great for me. Only devices with hardcoded IPs and embedded ads (like on Youtube) can not be blocked like this. This way most ads can actually be blocked. Both will filter all requests from your devices to resolve domain names (like ) to IP addresses (like 159.69.241.216) for those that are known ad providers. I explained how to use the most popular choices Pihole and Adguard home here. To block ads for everything on your own network you can use a DNS level ad blocker. Some devices like desktop PCs (in the browser) support them natively but other devices like some smartphones or media devices like the FireTV stick do not really have any support for ad blocking. There is a log section in the dashboard, check if any unexpected requests being blocked, and unblock them until back to normal.How to make your devices using the backup DNS server What is Adguard home?Īre you annoyed by all the ads everywhere online? Then an adblocker is the solution. After using AdGuard Home, some Web site is down / style is broken / not function properly, what should I do? But the fix is also easy, just by replacing your router DNS setting to another DNS address, e.g. You won’t be able to reach the Internet (to be precise you can reach by direct hitting the server IP address, if you can remember it 😃). AdGuard Home is the sole DNS now, what if it’s down? However, applying DNS sinkholing can’t block 100% of the ads due to its nature, for detail please read the official GitHub. smart TV, IoT devices.Īlso, the setup is easier since you don’t need to install a plugin for each device.

What are the advantages of AdGuard Home compare to the traditional browser adblocking plugin?īecause AdGuard Home is network-wide, so it can block ads to all devices connected to that router, including those never able to install a ad-block plugin, e.g.

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