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    How to force all DNS requests through pihole?

    Hey guys, Just found an old thread on reddit that shows you how to force all traffic through pihole if you have an asus router. Here's the thread: I am just looking at my Asus Router and it looks like "DNS Filter" is now caled "DNS Director" but I just want to know to force all traffic...
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    Opening port 80 on RTAC-86U is a security risk?

    I already have phone home enabled via PiVPN. I just wanted to monitor if my pi went down
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    Opening port 80 on RTAC-86U is a security risk?

    Yes I meant port forwarding, I done some reading last night and have closed port 80, will have a lok at nginx
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    Opening port 80 on RTAC-86U is a security risk?

    Great idea about Nginx, I have since closed port 80 on the router
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    Opening port 80 on RTAC-86U is a security risk?

    Hey Guys, I have a raspberry pi running pihole, unbound and Pivpn connected to my RTAC-86U. I have a random port on the router opened for PiVPN to work and this works great. I just signed up for an account on uptime robot and am trying to set it up so that when my raspberry pi and pihole go...
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    RTAC86U issue with Pihole and Adguard Home

    Thanks dave, I made the changes you suggested and now adguard is handing the adblocking and the router handles the dhcp and all is working well. Im pretty new to all of this but learning every day. On Pihole I could see each individual device, on AGH I can't, is there a way to fix this? Also...
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    RTAC86U issue with Pihole and Adguard Home

    Hey guys, I am having an issue and some someone can help. Over the last year I have been running pihole on my Raspberry pi (LAN) and when I use my raspberry Pi's IP in my router settings below, it works flawlessly LAN -> DHCP Server -> DNS and WINS Server Setting -> DS Server 1, everything...
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    Which Addon Do I need for this?

    Awesome jack thank you Do the rest of my settings look ok?
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    Which Addon Do I need for this?

    Hi Jack I set Redirect Internet to Policy Rules and it seems to be working OK. I have a Guest network that runs all traffic and DNS through NordVPN I have my regular network that doesn't run through the VPN (This is what I wanted) I have attached some photos of my settings. Would you mind...
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    Which Addon Do I need for this?

    My family just arrived Jack so I cant check the VPN settings yet. When I tested I was 100% connected to the Guest network (I deleted the regular wifi network from my saved networks) I am running 384.19 stable firmware. Is a reboot required after setting up a guest network? Thank you for your...
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    Which Addon Do I need for this?

    Hey guys, So I installed VPN manager on my router and input my NordVPN login details but this seems to run all the devices on my network through NordVPN which is what I didnt want. I also setup Yazfi and input Nord's DNS servers but when I connect to the Guest network and do a DNS leak test...
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    Which Addon Do I need for this?

    Thank you for your reply Jack and for all your wonderful scripts. So for setting up a guest VPN-only network that runs all traffic through NordVPN what way would you set this up? (I only want devices on the guest network to go through NordVPN) Thanks again
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    Which Addon Do I need for this?

    Hey thanks for your reply. I am aware that there is a seperate forum for addons, but I wasnt sure if I needed an addon for what I am trying to achieve which is why I posted it in this section. So I dont need an addon at all to have all devices on my guest network run through NordVPN? I was...
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    Which Addon Do I need for this?

    Hi Guys, I am brand new to Asus and Merlin and jus found this forum. Currently running the latest stable Merlin on my RT-AC86U Here's what I am trying to achieve: I don't want all devices on my network to go through my NordVPN account. I would like to enable a guest wifi network so that...
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