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Favorite ad blocking setup? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by linkismydad@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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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?

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[–] MisterBazz@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Technitium with block lists + OPNSense ZenArmor as a NGFW. Doesn't block everything, but still as good as you're going to get.

[–] stringfellow-hawke@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

AGH on a raspberry pi. Super fast with caching and other setting enabled.

[–] Daniel-Brown-Aus@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You could setup WireGuard on your UDM-SE and install the app on your phone. You can tell the app what wifi networks to not establish the vpn when connected to. This works for iPhone, not sure about android.

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[–] nolo_me@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

At home I'm in the process of moving from Pihole to pfblockerNG for DNS blocking. On all my machines (including my phone) I use Firefox with Ublock Origin.

[–] Cynyr36@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

unbound adblock is what I'm using. Hand it a couple of pihole lists and it fits the same thing without the fancy gui.

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