Pi-hole is still the best free upgrade you can make to your home network
…Recently, I bought a new router that includes AdGuard Home, a service that does essentially the same thing. In this case, because it's built into the router, it's actually a…
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Before your router even connects to the internet, change these 6 settings
…If you're running a Pi-hole, AdGuard or a similar DNS sinkhole, that's where you'll be pointing the router. Pi-hole See at Github Related Setting up a local…
These 5 old devices can make better home servers than a Raspberry Pi
…Want to run AdGuard Home with MQTT brokers or a handful of Docker containers ? These x86 architecture machines can help out if you're on a tight budget. These thin clients aren…
I stopped exposing half my self-hosted services to the internet, and nothing broke
…These were infrastructure, networking, management, monitoring, and notification services, including AdGuard Home, Unbound, Omada Controller, Portainer, Uptime Kuma, Beszel, Scrutiny, and ntfy. And the services meant for others — streaming, photo access, file…
This old Galaxy phone became my third WAN port, and it actually works
…That's only the public-facing half; infrastructure, networking, and monitoring tools like AdGuard Home, Unbound, Omada Controller, Portainer, Uptime Kuma, Beszel, Scrutiny, and ntfy round out the rest. My home internet…
The smart TV in your living room is training AI - here's how to stop it
…Whether you use Pi-hole, Adguard, Technitium, or any other DNS blocking service, it doesn't matter. The blocks can be made on any of these. Add these five domains to your…
My home server is smart, my VPS is deliberately dumb, and that's the whole point
…I was testing AdGuard Home with Unbound and then without it. When I temporarily stopped Unbound and switched to DoH, the DNS briefly became unavailable. And during that window, the newt container…
Your Wi-Fi 7 upgrade didn't fix your lag because the bandwidth was never the problem
…Replacing the default DNS can minimize this delay, as is evident when using Cloudflare, Google, NextDNS, Quad9, or AdGuard, depending on your location. You can visit DNS Speed Test to find the…
I have 21 Docker containers and zero documentation — my local LLM fixed that in an hour
…It even recommended that I standardize on just one DNS tool because it believed that all three DNS servers, Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, and Technitium, were fighting for the same port 53…
I fixed my home network lag without buying a new router or a mesh system
…With a private DNS like Cloudflare, AdGuard, or Quad9, you're almost always guaranteed a snappier browsing experience while ensuring data privacy. Self-hosting your DNS server will take things a step…