Hi there, On my router/modem I cannot change the DNS entries, thus just using Adguard/PiHole for DNS blocking ads doesn’t work. Would a seperate Router circumvent this problem? Could I set up Adguard (or PiHole) on a Raspberry and use it as a DNS server for my home network?
The plan would be to use my ISP-provided router just as a modem to connect to the internet. Then us a second router to provide my home network, where also Adguard/PiHole can do their thing.
Would this setup work and how would I need to configure it?
I ran like this for years. As long as you have DMZ/exposed host functionality everything works great. The only thing that needed some massaging was IPv6, but if you want/need that, you probably know enough about it to get it working.
“Double NAT” is a bit of a bugbear in the home lab community, but as long as you can port forward in bulk you should not even notice it, aside from a tiny bit of additional latency.