Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, we’ll dive into AdGuard Home, a powerful and FREE alternative to Pi-hole for network-wide ad blocking. Discover how AdGuard Home offers enhanced features like built-in DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) for encrypted DNS queries, providing superior privacy compared to traditional methods.

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- Write-Up: christianlempa.de/videos/adguardhome-tutorial
- Boilerplates: github.com/christianlempa/boilerplates
- Traefik Tutorial: youtu.be/-hfejNXqOzA

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
02:57 AdguardHome Boilerplate
06:25 Deploy AdguardHome + Traefik Labels
11:07 Initial Setup
12:47 Deploy AdguardHome + macvlan
16:41 Why AdguardHome is better than Pi-hole
20:43 How to setup your DNS
23:26 DNS encryption (DoH + DoT)
32:29 Final thoughts

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