His old solution was a Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole. But two weeks ago, the SD card corrupted during a thunderstorm. He was back to square one.
He added the OISD blocklist. Then the “No Tracking” list. Then the “Phishing Army” list. adguard home asus merlin
Then he looked at his router. The humble ASUS RT-AX86U. On the side, a tiny USB port. His old solution was a Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole
His fingers hovered over the keyboard. This was the risky part. Routers have tiny CPUs, limited RAM. AdGuard Home was a beast. It wanted to filter DNS for 50 devices, run a pretty web interface, and keep a query log. He added the OISD blocklist
The Silent Filter of Maple Street
That night, Kevin downloaded the latest Asuswrt-Merlin build. Flashing the router felt like performing surgery on a patient who was awake—one wrong click, and the family’s Netflix dies.
/tmp/home/root# opkg install adguardhome
His old solution was a Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole. But two weeks ago, the SD card corrupted during a thunderstorm. He was back to square one.
He added the OISD blocklist. Then the “No Tracking” list. Then the “Phishing Army” list.
Then he looked at his router. The humble ASUS RT-AX86U. On the side, a tiny USB port.
His fingers hovered over the keyboard. This was the risky part. Routers have tiny CPUs, limited RAM. AdGuard Home was a beast. It wanted to filter DNS for 50 devices, run a pretty web interface, and keep a query log.
The Silent Filter of Maple Street
That night, Kevin downloaded the latest Asuswrt-Merlin build. Flashing the router felt like performing surgery on a patient who was awake—one wrong click, and the family’s Netflix dies.
/tmp/home/root# opkg install adguardhome