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ABP memory usage in Chrome made me switch to router-level ad blocking. Added bonus: it works on mobile too. I have weird page renderings sometimes, and whitelis

ABP memory usage in Chrome made me switch to router-level ad blocking. Added bonus: it works on mobile too. I have weird page renderings sometimes, and whitelisting a legit site is a pain, but it's overall a huge value to off-load the blocking to the router.

jtriangle 11y ago
If you're not on your network and you're on android and you're rooted you can sideload adaway to get ad blocking everywhere, including app-based ads.
- kbenson 11y ago
  Or set up a VPN to the same network that the router level blocking is on. Presumably if you can set up router level blocking, a VPN shouldn't be that big of a hurdle.
- zobzu 11y ago
  or just use firefox for android then, which also works with ublock origin anyway, and uses way less ram than chrome for android with and without ad blocking.
btgeekboy 11y ago
Do you have any documentation on this? It's something I've been interested in setting up.
- andreasvc 11y ago
  I use a similar technique based on DNS: http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/ http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/
- joosters 11y ago
  I do a similar thing using Privoxy : http://www.privoxy.org/ http://www.privoxy.org/ You'll need to set up Privoxy on a machine on your network (unfortunately the config is not the easiest to get to grips with) and then set up your devices to use it as a HTTP/HTTPS proxy. If you have a VPN, you can configure clients to automatically use your proxy. For instance, on OpenVPN, add a couple of lines to the server.conf, using your own ip + ports: push "dhcp-option PROXY_HTTP 10.8.0.1 4862" push "dhcp-option PROXY_HTTPS 10.8.0.1 4862"
- wila 11y ago
  That depends completely on the router software that you use. You will need to use a custom firmware like dd-wrt, tomato, openWRT, etcetera. I run it here on tomato and use something similar to: http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/auto-dl-hosts-file-and-install.21378/ http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/auto-dl-hosts-f...
  - btgeekboy 11y ago
    It's safe to assume I have a standard Linux system. I have an Ubiquiti EdgeRouter now, and a few regular x86_64 always-on systems behind it I can proxy traffic through if necessary.

jtriangle 11y ago

If you're not on your network and you're on android and you're rooted you can sideload adaway to get ad blocking everywhere, including app-based ads.

kbenson 11y ago
Or set up a VPN to the same network that the router level blocking is on. Presumably if you can set up router level blocking, a VPN shouldn't be that big of a hurdle.
zobzu 11y ago
or just use firefox for android then, which also works with ublock origin anyway, and uses way less ram than chrome for android with and without ad blocking.

btgeekboy 11y ago

Do you have any documentation on this? It's something I've been interested in setting up.

andreasvc 11y ago
I use a similar technique based on DNS: http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/ http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/
joosters 11y ago
I do a similar thing using Privoxy : http://www.privoxy.org/ http://www.privoxy.org/ You'll need to set up Privoxy on a machine on your network (unfortunately the config is not the easiest to get to grips with) and then set up your devices to use it as a HTTP/HTTPS proxy. If you have a VPN, you can configure clients to automatically use your proxy. For instance, on OpenVPN, add a couple of lines to the server.conf, using your own ip + ports: push "dhcp-option PROXY_HTTP 10.8.0.1 4862" push "dhcp-option PROXY_HTTPS 10.8.0.1 4862"
wila 11y ago
That depends completely on the router software that you use. You will need to use a custom firmware like dd-wrt, tomato, openWRT, etcetera. I run it here on tomato and use something similar to: http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/auto-dl-hosts-file-and-install.21378/ http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/auto-dl-hosts-f...
- btgeekboy 11y ago
  It's safe to assume I have a standard Linux system. I have an Ubiquiti EdgeRouter now, and a few regular x86_64 always-on systems behind it I can proxy traffic through if necessary.