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<blockquote data-quote="jas3" data-source="post: 77630134" data-attributes="member: 447851"><p>I've actually been looking into this myself - I was going to use freefiltering, but they require a phone number for you to sign up, which feels unnecessary for a free account, and their pricing model is a little insane if you want any features that need a paid account.</p><p></p><p>The FOSS way to do this is to run a DNS filter on your router. As far as I know this is not a feature most consumer-grade routers offer, but there are a few options, in order from cheapest to most expensive:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get a router that can run OpenWRT, LibreCMC, DD-WRT, etc. and flash it with your distro of choice. This is the route I have chosen to go because you can get a modem+router+ethernet switch+wireless access point in a single package for ~$40, even less if you don't need gigabit speeds.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get a single-board router/system designed to run one of these distros or other, more general-purpose Linux/BSD installations. These would be things like the Espressobin, Banana Pi, DFRobot board, ThinkPenguin router, etc. The only problem with these is that they tend to lack a wireless access point and many have only 2 ethernet ports, so you'll need to buy an access point and ethernet switch if you want to use either of those. The upside is that there are some x86 SBC's out there that can run pfSense, which some people might like as a more polished firewall option.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Run a home server either on an existing computer you have or a purpose-built one. This is going to be hundreds of dollars at minimum but would be the fastest option.</li> </ul><p>All of these allow you to do DNS filtering, logging, and much more on your home network. It obviously doesn't do anything for your cell connection or any other network (e.g. coffee shop public wifi) but there's zero ongoing cost, aside from the power bill which is only significant if you go for the full-blown home server option.</p><p></p><p>For remote filtering, you could theoretically set up a VPS like you would for hosting a website, except instead of hosting a website you could run a DNS server that does the filtering. It would be a lot of work to set up, but probably still cheaper than most paid DNS filtering services.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jas3, post: 77630134, member: 447851"] I've actually been looking into this myself - I was going to use freefiltering, but they require a phone number for you to sign up, which feels unnecessary for a free account, and their pricing model is a little insane if you want any features that need a paid account. The FOSS way to do this is to run a DNS filter on your router. As far as I know this is not a feature most consumer-grade routers offer, but there are a few options, in order from cheapest to most expensive: [LIST] [*]Get a router that can run OpenWRT, LibreCMC, DD-WRT, etc. and flash it with your distro of choice. This is the route I have chosen to go because you can get a modem+router+ethernet switch+wireless access point in a single package for ~$40, even less if you don't need gigabit speeds. [*]Get a single-board router/system designed to run one of these distros or other, more general-purpose Linux/BSD installations. These would be things like the Espressobin, Banana Pi, DFRobot board, ThinkPenguin router, etc. The only problem with these is that they tend to lack a wireless access point and many have only 2 ethernet ports, so you'll need to buy an access point and ethernet switch if you want to use either of those. The upside is that there are some x86 SBC's out there that can run pfSense, which some people might like as a more polished firewall option. [*]Run a home server either on an existing computer you have or a purpose-built one. This is going to be hundreds of dollars at minimum but would be the fastest option. [/LIST] All of these allow you to do DNS filtering, logging, and much more on your home network. It obviously doesn't do anything for your cell connection or any other network (e.g. coffee shop public wifi) but there's zero ongoing cost, aside from the power bill which is only significant if you go for the full-blown home server option. For remote filtering, you could theoretically set up a VPS like you would for hosting a website, except instead of hosting a website you could run a DNS server that does the filtering. It would be a lot of work to set up, but probably still cheaper than most paid DNS filtering services. [/QUOTE]
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