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Pi-hole vs Home Router (AdGuard)

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Just stumbled on to THIS it's a guide on how use both Pi-Hole and AdGuard. Or, how to install AdGuard on a mini-computer.
He is showing an SD card with AdGuard software on it, inserted in a mini-computer. I simply don't understand why he is doing this.

Well OK. In all fairness, I can understand that this specific minPC with a dedicated software on it can offer a tone of options for advanced users. But I am not one of them.

Can I just use my home router and set up under DHCP the Adguard addresses? I mean the Router in itself is a computer that is turned on all the time. Why use that other thing?



AdGuard Default servers​

Use these servers to block ads, trackers and phishing websites.

IPv4:

94.140.14.14
94.140.15.15


IPv6:

2a10:50c0::ad1:ff
2a10:50c0::ad2:ff
 

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But I am not one of them.

then you answered your own question. There is nothing stopping you from adjusting your routers outgoing DNS servers to adguard if thats what you want.
 
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I was hoping for a more comprehensive answer.
I even saw a LTT video where he was using this back in 2018. Why use that, instead of just the router? Do you guys have such setup at home?
 

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I was hoping for a more comprehensive answer.
I even saw a LTT video where he was using this back in 2018. Why use that, instead of just the router? Do you guys have such setup at home?

I’m about to go to sleep but yes.

Reasons to run it at home generally involve or include the following:

Visibility into the domains being contacted

Stats on the amount of blocking being done

Top devices being blocked and what requests

Control over content being blocked/allowed, which can include:
Added custom domains not part of public
Control over device being blocked/allowed
Control over group of devices
Control over time in which domains are blocked/allowed

Privacy running it locally

Local caching is generally faster than reaching out to public DNS servers

No reliance on someone else’s infrastructure or block lists.


To name a few.
 
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