Client Settings Can Be Found From The Adguard Home Webpage.įrom here, we will begin by adding a client via the green Add client button.

Once you decide on how to identify your clients, we can add them under Settings -> Client settings.

Only if you are accessing AdGuard Home via DoT/DoH/DoQ.

You must be using AdGuard Home as your DHCP server (dynamically allocating IP addresses) for this to work.

Also useful, but not always a reliable method due to the potential for spoofing.

This is also possible by setting static IP's for devices in your home network from your router.

This works especially well if you are connecting to your AdGuard Home server remotely via VPN like Wireguard.

There are a few ways to identify a client: How to Identify AdGuard Home Clients?īefore we can add friendly names to our devices, we must learn how to identify them. The following is a basic example, and for a full in-depth look, head over to AdGuard Home team's wiki on clients. Groups are especially useful if you want to block specific sites for certain users or devices:įriendly Client Names Are Easier To Identify Than Ip Addresses. This helps me to identify devices and group them if necessary. In the name of organization and cleanliness, I like to begin by labeling things. It might be useful for us to identify which device is trying to use it, and set rules around those identities. Define Client Names and Groupsīy default, any device pointed at your AdGuard Home server can use it for DNS look-ups.

Access to your AdGuard Home via the Web GUI.

A working AdGuard Home installation - this article is based upon version 0.107.6.

Configure AdGuard Hoem Local DNS Entriesīefore we can describe the AdGuard Home configuration tweaks, let us ensure that you have the following requirements: Customize AdGuard Home DNS Servers and Settings

Where Are the Blocklists in AdGuard Home?.

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