So I’m a bit new to the homenetworking and homelab situation but I have a Unifi DM-SE as my router and I’m trying to establish the best way to block ads at home and away.

So I am currently primarily using either extensions or content blocking apps on my devices to block ads but I’ve been looking into DNS based solutions lately.

I’ve looked into setting up PiHole and it looks pretty simple to do and I have a dedicated small computer with Proxmox that I use for things like Homebridge, Scrypted and I think could set it up easily on there. But it looks like it only works at home. A lot of people say you can set up a VPN but I’d rather not have to turn on and off my VPN on my phone whenever I leave home.

I also looked into Next DNS which seems also pretty easy to setup, but I couldn’t tell if it’s better to set this up per device or network wide via my router.

There’s also the extensions and content blocking apps which would be device specific.

Which is the fastest, performance wise, and easiest to interact with daily?

  • TheKydd@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    NextDNS for the win. You can set it and forget, or tweak it to your heart’s desire. Works on your home network plus on all your devices anywhere in the world. No restrictions. You can tailor settings for each individual device if desired. IMHO, it’s incredibly cheap for an excellent service.

    I actually became interested in them simply because where I live, they’re the fastest DNS provider - faster than my ISP, Google, CloudFlare, all I tested over months. The ad-blocking was secondary to me, but now of course I see it as the primary value since it’s so easy to use yet so configurable at the same time.