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Thus, each time you go to a website, your browser sends a request to a special server. Simplifying it a lot, one can say that DNS (Domain Name System) is a system that translates websites ‘names’ into something browser can understand – IP addresses. Probably, not everyone knows what exactly is DNS and how it can help us to block ads, so let us explain it real quick. But now there is a different, yet very simple way to filter ads – Adguard DNS. Be it Windows, Android, Mac or iOS – you simply install Adguard app, and the ads are gone. Other top privacy respecting DNS Services can be found at privacytools.io.All our users know how to block ads. When looking for upstream DNS providers Quad9 (DoH: ) is a solid choice it's rapid and includes malware blocking. If you are unable to configure this you can turn off DHCP and use the AdGuard to handle DHCP (Look at the section above 5). Setup AdGuard Home via the WebUI at Now just head to your router setting and configure the DCHP settings to use the IP address of your AdGuard to answer DNS queries.Ensure you turn off the router DHCP service first (Only one DHCP Server can be run on a network). You'll want to use this if you can't set DNS settings on your router.

You may want to add - 67:67/udp -p 68:68/tcp -p 68:68/udp to use AdGuard as DHCP Server. Use the following template: nano docker-compose.yaml:.Create AdGuard Directory: mkdir adguard.

Head to your home (or docker) directory.

Ensure you have Docker and docker-compose installed.

Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home FeatureĪlthough it's a little dated we have a post on setting up Pi-hole here. This can save a significant amount of time when browsing the web, usually around 3-200ms per lookup. The caching a local DNS server provides can also be handy if you request and you already requested it 30 seconds ago it will serve that same IP without going off to fetch it. You can load in blocklists containing advertising or malware domains, so when your browser tries to access the request will simply get blocked (technically the IP of 0.0.0.0 is returned). The benefit of this setup is the blocking and caching it provides.

When you try and access your computer will send a lookup for the IP address of, this query gets sent to your local server it then goes to the upstream such as Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), the response will then be forwarded to your device. If you aren't already aware, you set up your network to use the local AdGuard/Pi-hole server for DNS. Pi-hole used to be the old favourite for this type of setup however they've fallen behind in recent years and most of the fans have moved onto AdGuard Home.ĪdGuard Home is another open-source DNS with blocking capabilities. Spice up your day by setting up a local DNS Server for network-wide ad, tracking and malware blocking.