linkismydad

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Favorite ad blocking setup? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] linkismydad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

What do you use when you are away from home?

Favorite ad blocking setup? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] linkismydad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

What are the advantages of Blocky over something like piHole?

Favorite ad blocking setup? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] linkismydad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does connecting my phone to my home network via VPN when away from home impact speed?

Favorite ad blocking setup? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] linkismydad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t disagree with that sentiment. I do pay for YouTube premium etc… it’s more the intrusive ads that get on my nerves.

Favorite ad blocking setup? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] linkismydad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve heard of using Wireguard for VPN when away from my local network. How does performance get impacted with something like that?

Favorite ad blocking setup? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] linkismydad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

What is a publicly accessible DNS server? Would something like NextDNS count as that?

Favorite ad blocking setup? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum
[–] linkismydad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is still only locally like Pihole though right?

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Favorite ad blocking setup? (alien.top)
 

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?