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#3397252 26-Jul-2025 10:05

DamageInc:

Adguard Home with blocklists.

Is it ok to use my ISP DNS servers? I have primary pointing to what Adguard suggested, secondary pointing to Slingshot.

why would it not be?

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#3397253 26-Jul-2025 10:11

Because part of the requests will be protected by the rules, and the other requests will just go through? So why have AdGuard at all?

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#3397258 26-Jul-2025 10:27

9.9.9.9, 1.1.1.2, 8.8.8.8

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#3397259 26-Jul-2025 10:37

Why don't people use their ISPs DNS servers?

They're almost always going to be closer/faster than Cloudflare or Google.

I can understand if you're using them for say, Ad filtering or Adult content blocking because you don't want the DIY hassle.

But why would you manually use 1.1.1.1/8.8.8.8 (standard, unfiltered public DNS) over your ISPs?

It can't be speed, because almost all home CPE will run a caching resolver anyway (and as mentioned, your ISPs name servers are probably closer therefore faster)
You'll almost certainly get better on-net CDN performance as well from using your ISPs NS.

Do people think they're getting privacy from what their ISP can see? Something else?

[At home I run AdguardHome with just the OISD List - no other lists - pointed to my ISPs nameservers]

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#3397282 26-Jul-2025 12:25

I think it all steams from a few ISPs in the early days injecting ads in their DNS.

But agree, unless it's for filtering, use your ISP

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#3397284 26-Jul-2025 12:46

mentalinc:

I think it all steams from a few ISPs in the early days injecting ads in their DNS.

But agree, unless it's for filtering, use your ISP

I don't remember of specific New Zealand examples, but the last I've heard of this was so far back, and mostly US-based DNS, that I find this to be a non-reason.

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#3397293 26-Jul-2025 14:41

Jase2985:

DamageInc:

Adguard Home with blocklists.

Is it ok to use my ISP DNS servers? I have primary pointing to what Adguard suggested, secondary pointing to Slingshot.

why would it not be?

Dont know, thats why Im asking.

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#3397303 26-Jul-2025 15:51

I remember in US having to add comcast certificate to trust in order to get a home connection working. Very odd way of doing it.

Also if anyone remembers vodafones dns servers going down all the time I’m not surprised people use third party services.

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#3397337 26-Jul-2025 19:54

ISP DNS, Adlist and this

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3397347 26-Jul-2025 20:36

DamageInc:

Jase2985:

DamageInc:

Adguard Home with blocklists.

Is it ok to use my ISP DNS servers? I have primary pointing to what Adguard suggested, secondary pointing to Slingshot.

why would it not be?

Dont know, thats why Im asking.

Your asking becuase you think its not ok to use it for what ever reason.

Your internal network points toward your adguard instance, your adguard instance points towards your ISP DNS servers, that way you get the swiftness of their server and their CDN and the blocking of adguard.

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#3397365 27-Jul-2025 01:22

AdGuard home hosted on two Raspberry Pis with config syncing between them. They both have my ISPs DNS as their primary upstream DNS and fallback to 8.8.8.8.

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#3397373 27-Jul-2025 08:08

insane:

AdGuard home hosted on two Raspberry Pis with config syncing between them. They both have my ISPs DNS as their primary upstream DNS and fallback to 8.8.8.8.

How do you sync the config? Is there a script or tool you have?

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#3397380 27-Jul-2025 10:37

muppet:

insane:

AdGuard home hosted on two Raspberry Pis with config syncing between them. They both have my ISPs DNS as their primary upstream DNS and fallback to 8.8.8.8.

How do you sync the config? Is there a script or tool you have?

I've used this before

https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-adguardhome-sync/

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#3397383 27-Jul-2025 10:56

PANiCnz:

I've used this before

https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-adguardhome-sync/

Oh nice - thank you! I didn't realise there was a solution. Ta!

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#3397418 27-Jul-2025 16:11

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