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This is also part of AdGuard Home . I think this was the PR that fixed it - https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/1185 https://github.com/AdguardTea

This is also part of AdGuard Home . I think this was the PR that fixed it - https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/1185 https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/issues/1185 . If you haven't tried out AdGuard Home, I can highly recommend it. Has same feature set as Pi-Hole and support DoT as well. It's also super trivial to install since it's just a Go binary. Have been using it for ages now and love it!

minxomat 6y ago
AdGuard is all around great. Been using their native apps, too.
dvcrn 6y ago
Another AdGuard home user here! I actually discovered it when I wanted to install pi-hole on my mac server and it just wouldn't work besides with the Docker container, which had other issues like not being able to see the client IP that made the request. Been running AdGuard Home for a couple months now and it's really nice!
dastx 6y ago
Totally! I used to use pi-hole, and I genuinely much prefer AGH.
fireattack 6y ago
I want to try these DNS-based blockers (AGH or Pi-hole) but am always wondering: is it easy to temporarily disable, or "debug" them? I have encountered multiple times (not common, but not trivial) that a filter blocks something wrong. With traditional ad-blocker as extension, I can quickly find it out by using build-in logger, and then simply either temporarily disable them or add the site to whitelist with a single click (if I feel like it, I can write my own rule too.) If I have to change my DNS setting everytime this happens with these DNS-based blockers, I feel like to stick with extensions since I don't really use my phone to browse Internet too much.
- dawnerd 6y ago
  Yep, literally a button that says Disable / Enable. The only problem is browsers like Chrome that are pretty aggressive with DNS caching.
- rmrfrmrf 6y ago
  PiHole has a web admin UI that's pretty slick. It has options to disable the entire thing indefinitely/for a set period of time if you need to, and it can log all DNS queries, so you can override/manually block anything you need. There's also nifty charts and metrics to show you how much traffic has been blocked. I found that, after tinkering with blocklists for a bit, I turned off logging altogether and just let it run. The one thing that gives us grief occasionally is (unsurprisingly) tracking links from promo emails and social media. These are usually easy enough to bypass, but it can be a pain for non-tech-savvy people.
  - fireattack 6y ago
    Thanks! Does it have "cosmetic filters" (the ones that block certain elements on page) or similar feature?
    - tuxracer 6y ago
      No. It inherently cannot. Pi-Hole isn't a proxy where all traffic is flowing through it and has a chance to be modified. Pi-Hole is strictly answering the question, "What is the IP address for this hostname?" If a given hostname is known to host trackers or something undesirable Pi-Hole will claim it's an unknown host so the device is unable to reach it.
    - dastx 6y ago
      This is a feature that has been requested, but isn't implemented yet. Suggest you give it a thumbs up on github as they implement things in order of highest number of thumbs.
      - crtasm 6y ago
rmrfrmrf 6y ago
Worth noting that PiHole also resolves CNAMEs and blocks them if they're on your filter list.
fomine3 6y ago
I had thought that their all software is proprietary, but it's OSS and looks good.

minxomat 6y ago

AdGuard is all around great. Been using their native apps, too.

dvcrn 6y ago

Another AdGuard home user here! I actually discovered it when I wanted to install pi-hole on my mac server and it just wouldn't work besides with the Docker container, which had other issues like not being able to see the client IP that made the request. Been running AdGuard Home for a couple months now and it's really nice!

dastx 6y ago

Totally! I used to use pi-hole, and I genuinely much prefer AGH.

fireattack 6y ago

I want to try these DNS-based blockers (AGH or Pi-hole) but am always wondering: is it easy to temporarily disable, or "debug" them? I have encountered multiple times (not common, but not trivial) that a filter blocks something wrong. With traditional ad-blocker as extension, I can quickly find it out by using build-in logger, and then simply either temporarily disable them or add the site to whitelist with a single click (if I feel like it, I can write my own rule too.) If I have to change my DNS setting everytime this happens with these DNS-based blockers, I feel like to stick with extensions since I don't really use my phone to browse Internet too much.

dawnerd 6y ago
Yep, literally a button that says Disable / Enable. The only problem is browsers like Chrome that are pretty aggressive with DNS caching.
rmrfrmrf 6y ago
PiHole has a web admin UI that's pretty slick. It has options to disable the entire thing indefinitely/for a set period of time if you need to, and it can log all DNS queries, so you can override/manually block anything you need. There's also nifty charts and metrics to show you how much traffic has been blocked. I found that, after tinkering with blocklists for a bit, I turned off logging altogether and just let it run. The one thing that gives us grief occasionally is (unsurprisingly) tracking links from promo emails and social media. These are usually easy enough to bypass, but it can be a pain for non-tech-savvy people.
- fireattack 6y ago
  Thanks! Does it have "cosmetic filters" (the ones that block certain elements on page) or similar feature?
  - tuxracer 6y ago
    No. It inherently cannot. Pi-Hole isn't a proxy where all traffic is flowing through it and has a chance to be modified. Pi-Hole is strictly answering the question, "What is the IP address for this hostname?" If a given hostname is known to host trackers or something undesirable Pi-Hole will claim it's an unknown host so the device is unable to reach it.
  - dastx 6y ago
    This is a feature that has been requested, but isn't implemented yet. Suggest you give it a thumbs up on github as they implement things in order of highest number of thumbs.
    - crtasm 6y ago

rmrfrmrf 6y ago

Worth noting that PiHole also resolves CNAMEs and blocks them if they're on your filter list.

fomine3 6y ago

I had thought that their all software is proprietary, but it's OSS and looks good.