Hey everyone, I’ve recently been wondering if there were any good ways to block ads and tracking on my Roku on the router level. I can’t really set up a pihole or anything like that (which would be perfect for this, I know) right now.

  • ghost_laptop
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    fedilink
    33 years ago

    I tried doing this myself recently and it all depends on the router you have, if it supports DoT it is fairly simple, if not, the only thing you can do is set up Pi Hole either on a Raspberry Pi or on your computer (this will be heavy on consumption and it will only work when your computer is turned on).

    If it supports it, go to your router settings (probably http://192.168.0.1 or something similar) and search for the DNS options (this is very different on all devices so I can’t be super specific, but if you have trouble finding, post screenshots and I’ll help), and it will say something like “Alternate DNS” and “referred DNS”, that is where you are supposed to paste the DNS addresses of your DNS provider (I recommend AdGuard).