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    pfSense router and Adguard Home ( DNS based ad block server) mini box

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      Antibiotic @stephenw10
      last edited by

      @stephenw10 So, setup # 2 More preferable, is it correct? Just I'm in doubt because like understand AdguardHome in pfSense LAN will have different subnet from switch or for DNS server settings this is can be ignoring?

      pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
      CPU: Intel N100
      NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
      RAM : 16 GB DDR5
      Disk: 128 GB NVMe
      Brgds, Archi

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      • stephenw10S Offline
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Yes, I would choose #2. You can have DNS servers in a different subnet, that's no problem.

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          Antibiotic @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10 Ok, thanks for assistance))))

          pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
          CPU: Intel N100
          NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
          RAM : 16 GB DDR5
          Disk: 128 GB NVMe
          Brgds, Archi

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            Antibiotic @stephenw10
            last edited by Antibiotic

            @stephenw10 But with this connections type for traffic shaping wizard should choose multi wan wizard or dedicated wizard than?Have intel i226-v cards on all ethernets.

            pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
            CPU: Intel N100
            NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
            RAM : 16 GB DDR5
            Disk: 128 GB NVMe
            Brgds, Archi

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              You don't need shaping to/from the DNS server itself so you would only select the LAN to add shaper queues to if you need them.

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                Antibiotic @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10 Well noted

                pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                CPU: Intel N100
                NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                Brgds, Archi

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                  Antibiotic @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10 In case of use pfBlockerNG on pfSense and AduardHome on separate box like a DNS server could be any conflicts or duplicate functions? Any profit or negative?

                  pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                  CPU: Intel N100
                  NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                  RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                  Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                  Brgds, Archi

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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    pfBlocker can load and block IP lists and also url/domian lists via DNS-BL. If you are filtering DNS with an external box I would not also use DNS-BL in pfBlocker. But DNS filtering does not block IP list in the firewall so that could still be done using pfBlocker.
                    Personally I would just use pfBlocker for both.

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                      provels @Antibiotic
                      last edited by provels

                      @Antibiotic
                      I've used pfBlocker for years but I recently brought up Pi-Hole running on a tiny VM (1 proc, 1 GB, on my Windows server) for fun. The Pi forwards only to PFSense's Resolver, still running pfBlocker, and pfSense's DHCP issues the Pi as the only DNS to the local net. Works great! And I run all these lists on the Pi using only 30% of the memory. Plus, I can copy/paste this entire list into the interface at once, update, and done. Also, rate limits chatty hosts like my TV (like 1000+ hits/minute!). And the interface is a real treat and very intuitive. pfB can do much more (IP, country blocks) but the Pi interface is so darn pretty!

                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PolishFiltersTeam/KADhosts/master/KADhosts.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.Spam/hosts
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/static/w3kbl.txt
                      https://adaway.org/hosts.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/AdguardDNS.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Admiral.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/blacklist/master/adservers.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easylist.txt
                      https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/UncheckyAds/hosts
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/hosts
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easyprivacy.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Ads.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.2o7Net/hosts
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/spy.txt
                      https://hostfiles.frogeye.fr/firstparty-trackers-hosts.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/Alternate%20versions%20Anti-Malware%20List/AntiMalwareHosts.txt
                      https://osint.digitalside.it/Threat-Intel/lists/latestdomains.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Crypto.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.Risk/hosts
                      https://bitbucket.org/ethanr/dns-blacklists/raw/8575c9f96e5b4a1308f2f12394abd86d0927a4a0/bad_lists/Mandiant_APT1_Report_Appendix_D.txt
                      https://phishing.army/download/phishing_army_blocklist_extended.txt
                      https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists/raw/master/notrack-malware.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/RPiList-Malware.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/RPiList-Phishing.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Spam404/lists/master/main-blacklist.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AssoEchap/stalkerware-indicators/master/generated/hosts
                      https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/downloads/hostfile/
                      https://zerodot1.gitlab.io/CoinBlockerLists/hosts_browser

                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PolishFiltersTeam/KADhosts/master/KADhosts.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.Spam/hosts
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/static/w3kbl.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matomo-org/referrer-spam-blacklist/master/spammers.txt
                      https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/hosts
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VeleSila/yhosts/master/hosts
                      https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/neohostsbasic.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RooneyMcNibNug/pihole-stuff/master/SNAFU.txt
                      https://paulgb.github.io/BarbBlock/blacklists/hosts-file.txt

                      https://adaway.org/hosts.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/AdguardDNS.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Admiral.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/blacklist/master/adservers.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easylist.txt
                      https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/UncheckyAds/hosts
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigdargon/hostsVN/master/hosts
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdlingyu/ad-wars/master/hosts

                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Easyprivacy.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Ads.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.2o7Net/hosts
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/spy.txt
                      https://hostfiles.frogeye.fr/firstparty-trackers-hosts.txt
                      https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/ads-and-tracking-extended.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/android-tracking.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/SmartTV.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/AmazonFireTV.txt
                      https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists/raw/master/notrack-blocklist.txt

                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/Alternate%20versions%20Anti-Malware%20List/AntiMalwareHosts.txt
                      https://osint.digitalside.it/Threat-Intel/lists/latestdomains.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Crypto.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/master/add.Risk/hosts
                      https://bitbucket.org/ethanr/dns-blacklists/raw/8575c9f96e5b4a1308f2f12394abd86d0927a4a0/bad_lists/Mandiant_APT1_Report_Appendix_D.txt
                      https://phishing.army/download/phishing_army_blocklist_extended.txt
                      https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists/raw/master/notrack-malware.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/RPiList-Malware.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/RPiList-Phishing.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Spam404/lists/master/main-blacklist.txt
                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AssoEchap/stalkerware-indicators/master/generated/hosts
                      https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/downloads/hostfile/
                      https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-hosts.txt
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Malware.txt

                      https://zerodot1.gitlab.io/CoinBlockerLists/hosts_browser

                      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chadmayfield/my-pihole-blocklists/master/lists/pi_blocklist_porn_top1m.list
                      https://v.firebog.net/hosts/Prigent-Adult.txt

                      Got the list suggestions from here. I use the first 3.

                      Peder

                      MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                      BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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                        Antibiotic
                        last edited by

                        Ok, thanks to all for answering

                        pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                        CPU: Intel N100
                        NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                        RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                        Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                        Brgds, Archi

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