Anecdotally, I’ve been a sysadmin for 20 years, been around computers since I was a toddler (apparently slept on top of a Data General something-or-other as a baby..). I have the skills to learn how to do dnsmasq-based blocking from scratch, write the scripts to fetch blocklists, init scripts etcetera. However, I run AdGuardHome on my OpenWRT router because I want to spend my time elsewhere. It was a case of install the package, fiddle the DNS routing slightly, pick my blocklists, and pick my up streams.
If I want metrics, I just open a browser and see what clients have been the noisiest, what’s being blocked a lot and so on. Generally I don’t even think about it.
If I want metrics, I just open a browser and see what clients have been the noisiest, what’s being blocked a lot and so on. Generally I don’t even think about it.