Is Adguard Home Beneficial When Using Firewalla Gold? Or Just A Duplication of Network Protection?
I started using Home Assistant along with AdGuard Home (AGH) over two years ago. I purchased my first Firewalla (FWG) two years ago after implementation of AGH. I run strict FWG protocols (Active Protect, Ad Block, Family Protect Native, Safe Search). I am trying to simplify my network and improve internal speeds if possible. AGH typically runs average processing times under 60 ms but many times greater than 1200 ms with 6 filters enabled (OISD Blocklist Full, WindowsSpyBlocker - Hosts spy rules, NoCoin Filter List, HaGeZi's Threat Intelligence Feeds, HaGeZi's Pro++ Blocklist, HaGeZi's Pro Blocklist). I feel many of the AGH DNS filters duplicate protection efforts, thus too much redundancy. I am also running Bitdefender Total Protection endpoint protection which has flagged devious site or web page issues.
My question is, does AGH add significantly better protection vs that of FWG as configured above? I do see better browser ad blocking on the FWG port aligned to the AGH DNS address. In a perfect world, I would like to achieve better browser viewing speeds with above average protection.
Thank you in advance. Hope correct post category
Anxiously awaiting my new Firewalla Gold Pro :)
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Security can be layered; in theory, this will make things more secure. But, on the other hand, with more layers, you will need to manage multiple systems, which likely takes you more time and in case something bad happens, you will have to spend a lot more time to 'fix' things.
Firewalla does a lot of things automatically, such you don't have to manage things like 'lists' (most of the time you don't even see them); But, if you do require to manage lists, an external system like pi-hole or adguard, is something some of our customers uses. (edited)
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Thank you. Your insight is why I'm asking. Want to make support less time consuming, although not huge unlike time spend on Home Assistant. I have two FWG ports not using AGH for DNS, they are a bit faster and less troublesome. Unfortunately, with my wi-fi AP setup, the devices I would like to only use AGH are also shared with IoT and other devices which don't require ad blocking in my opinion. They are isolated via FWG segregation rules but still need to use the port DNS address. In a perfect world, two of my ports would use AP's which can coexist with one FWG port using AGH and the other FWG port using a more appropriate DNS assignment. I'm not knowledgeable to properly sort out channel/band configurations for AP wi-fi's in the same location and on two FWG port segregations. Maybe a solution for the pending future FW AP/Switch project, heat mapping or auto configuration option to eliminate conflicts.
Hoping to get more feedback which my force me to make appropriate changes or possibly eliminate the AGH layer.
Thanks.
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