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Looking for the best solution to block ads/trackers on my entire home network. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by land@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I want to block ads and trackers on the whole home network. I’ve been using adblockers and trackers for years now; 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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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

That really doesn't sound that easy...

Pihole has its issues, ~~but at least you dont need to setup each and every device individually. ~~ edit: I have been informed that this is not the only way.

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.

[–] freeman@feddit.org 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Dont you need to set the dns adress to the pi-hole dns on every device? It was a few years ago but I remember that I had to set my dns to the pi-hole, which acted as a dns server. Or am I mistaken?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 15 hours ago

You can setup DHCP to give the DNS address to every device automatically. Even heavily locked down routers sometimes have the option, but I guess OP will have to try that out.

Pihole also has a built in DHCP, which you can enable and use as long as you disable the router one.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, okay, thats much more simple then.

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

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.