Is Adguard Free For Windows
Rosalie Checca
But when from a Windows computer on the lan (whose DNS domain suffix is lan.mycompany.com) I try make a name query for, say, www.google.com , it happens that the os resolver send to ADGuard a query for www.google.com.lan.mycompany.com and later www.google.com.mycompany.com .
In the DHCP, there should be a DNS Forwarder where it stores the Internet DNS IPs like 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1 such that if packets going beyond the local network, it will be forwarded to Google or ISP DNS to look
Why is windows dns server trying to resolve it? because that is defualt behavior. In most environments the dns server needs to resolve external dns. why does it think www.google.com.mycompany.com is external - simply because it does not have a local forward zone for mycompany.com so it will send it external.
I further investigated and I discovered the previous behavior is by design and called domain name devolution. Can be controlled in various way including PowerShell and Group Policy. Can be disabled for names including dots and also for names not including dots. The devolution level can be specificed.
I'd like to install Adguard Home on this router to filter ads/trackers so that I can remove the Adguard Desktop client I'm using on each of my PC's and mobile phones. However, I'm still scratching my head trying to figure just how to even get things installed? I've read over this guide and visited many other sites for instructions on how to do this but, I will admit I'm still confused. I take it I do not have to install anything on my Windows 10 computer? Obviously I need to use my computer to download the files needed to install them on my router in the Luci OpenWRT interface, but I don't know what steps I need to take to achieve this? Many official guides are not very clear.
I just wanted to make a quick reply on this point above (and will I will later with help for your main question). I had been using AdGuard For Windows (desktop client) as a lifetime licence user for many years. Once I got AGH up and running and finally uninstalled the desktop client, browsing is now light-years faster. I had never realized how much the desktop client had been slowing down my overall browsing experience. The difference was night and day. Crazy.
I'm going to look over my setup and try to put together some notes that may help you get up and running with AGH. I'm hoping to have some time later tonight. If all goes well, I will post that later to help you out and/or brokenpipe likely can assist as well.
I'll be perfectly honest, I just don't know where to start?
I'm running Windows 10 1909 64-bit with a Linksys WRT3200ACM router that has been flashed with OpenWrt 19.07.2 with more or less stock settings. My goal is to get Adguard Home up and running on my WRT3200ACM so I can control ADguard filtering on all connected devices without having to rely on the Adguard Desktop client that runs on Windows. I realize I could just use the Adguard DNS servers, but that is too basic, and I want the granular control that Adguard Home is offering with filter lists and customized settings.
Bottom line is for someone who is new to Adguard Home, has a lot of experience with Windows and computer hardware, but little to no experience with Linux, the instructions provided in the beginning of the thread are not detailed or comprehensive enough for a newbie to follow. That is my fault, but I don't know where to go or whom to ask for assistance from square one.
I don't know what I need to install on Windows (if anything? hopefully little to nothing), or how to install Adguard Home on my router so that I don't need to install anything on my computer. I need install and configuration steps.
Your first paragraph is exactly what I wish to achieve on my computer and other home connected devices on my network. Since my computer is many years old, I know that if I place the burden of filtering on my router, everything in terms of web browsing should speed up significantly on my connected devices.
As I mentioned above, I am quite familiar with Windows computers, but little to no experience with Linux. I am pretty tech savvy, but this is a little beyond my level of understanding in trying to set things up from square one.
@Dustyn69 I apologize, but I don't have enough time right now at the end of the day to do a full step by step. It's something that I am happy to do but lately time and energy is something that I've been lacking unfortunately.
I do want to give a first step though. I am also using a WRC3200ACM, running OpenWrt 19.07.2, and also mainly use Windows. My first recommendation, when using Windows to make file system changes and issue commands to Linux on your router, is to use WinSCP ( ). I just use the portable version and use that for any of the nitty gritty stuff. To log in, you need to use the IP address of your router, your password you set for OpenWrt, the user is root, and you need to choose SCP as the protocol.
I'll take a look at downloading and using WinSCP shortly. I've heard of this program before even though I've never used it. It appears on dslreports.com software forum every now and then (a site I frequent).
There is certainly no rush in assisting me with this, only if and when you feel like you have the time. I've had the time to try and look over all the official Adguard Home related instructions, checked out their github site, and continue to try and research how to set this up. Since the quarantine of covid-19 I thought I'd take advantage of self isolation to try and learn with guidance how to set this thing up.
Looks like I was able to get WinSCP to work and I was able to login as root on the WRT3200ACM using the SCP protocol. Now I'm just reading over and over the installation instructions here to get an understanding of what to do: -Started#installation
Do I execute both of these packages .tar.gz packages? From my understanding the second package is for your mustard orange black interface correct? Otherwise it will be the default white and green interface? That mustard orange black gui looks awesome! I assume the WRT3200ACM will have enough storage space for these files?
The thing I am curious about is that after performing these installation steps, in order to obtain detailed monitoring of all connected devices to my router (hard wired and wi-fi), I would then need to follow the original posting guide in this thread to achieve this right? Or is there more I would need to do after?
take the official package of AdguardHome.
i don't know how much internal flash memory the router has, after an update, the current binary file will be created as backup. so you must have at least 15mb internal memory.
If you're looking to monitor the clients/devices, you'll need to replace dnsmasq with AGH since DNS forwarding is not designed forward "source address", hence you'd be getting your router's IP in the query log.
@Dustyn69 With the WRT3200ACM, you will have no issues with running out of space or memory with AdGuard Home. Even with 4-6 adblock lists, I haven't had any memory related issues with my WRT3200ACM with AGH or the other Adblock for OpenWrt.
For anyone that does have devices with less space/memory, that luci-app-adguardhome that @gnashk mentioned also has a built-in function to compress the AdGuardHome binary file with various options. Although I personally have not tried the compression because I haven't had any need for that.
One question that I have, @Dustyn69, is whether you plan on having AGH issue DHCP instead of OpenWrt (dnsmasq) or just let dnsmasq handle that? It may be a good idea to continue testing for a few weeks to familiarize yourself with AGH and everything first, then consider the DHCP stuff once more comfortable. I recommend using AGH for DHCP and disabling dnsmasq, however, I also strongly consider getting everything familiar and stable first. The AGH DHCP stuff has the potential to cause issues on your network during the testing stages if certain settings and not done specifically. I had many instances with the DHCP function of AGH where multiple devices got the same IP addresses (conflicting IP) and other situations where AGH crashed and therefore shut down my entire home network. So DHCP, I would proceed with caution after some time.
Greetings. I've been a long time user of NextDNS, and have decided that due to lack of new features, as well as zero feedback on bug reports, that this project is all but dead. I haven't seen any new features in well over a year, and the proxy app for Windows machines is an absolute joke compared to the competition.
I hope the developers are paying attention, b/c they have made a masterclass on how to lose customers: Zero innovation. Adguard is leaps and bounds better, and allows configuring separate DNS servers (NextDNS would call these "configuration profiles" but it's a much weaker concept in NDNS) and has much better reporting. It also supports QUIC, and is the only vendor to do so.
While NextDNS is a quality product, due to lack of new development and zero input on glaring bugs, you've shown you aren't listening to your customers. I can no longer recommend this service in good faith as well. I am a developer of over 20 years, and am baffled as to what work is actually being done on this product. So long.
Jrgen I haven't personally had any issues with the windows client, and I would say Adguard has a far worse client if you ask me as I'm on a simplistic mindset, so having more than I actually need for the thing I want to function just seems silly.
But yeah I agree with everything else, stagnation is inevitable for any service and not to say Adguard DNS is just bad but from my experience I haven't really seen anything truly groundbreaking to care. But I am someone who likes stability and simplicity over everything else.
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