Adguard Home Asus Merlin -

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.

The web interface loaded. Dark theme. Graphs. He configured the router’s DHCP to hand out the router’s own IP as the DNS server. Every device on the network—smart bulb, doorbell, iPad, PlayStation—would now ask the router for permission to resolve a domain. adguard home asus merlin

But lately, peace was a myth.

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. His old solution was a Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole