That night, Kevin downloaded the latest Asuswrt-Merlin build. Flashing the router felt like performing surgery on a patient who was awake—one wrong click, and the family’s Netflix dies.
He saw one query from his own phone: reddit.com . Allowed. Followed by: redditmedia.com . Allowed. Followed by: google-analytics.com . Blocked.
The next morning, his son said, “Dad, Roblox is fast again.” adguard home asus merlin
Then he blocked the big ones: doubleclick.net , facebook.com/tr , smart-fridge-telemetry.vendor.net .
But lately, peace was a myth.
Kevin knew the culprit. Not a virus. Greed.
His fingers hovered over the keyboard. This was the risky part. Routers have tiny CPUs, limited RAM. AdGuard Home was a beast. It wanted to filter DNS for 50 devices, run a pretty web interface, and keep a query log. That night, Kevin downloaded the latest Asuswrt-Merlin build
He clicked