After doing some research online I concluded I liked Mullvad’s DNS offering. I like the fact I can get a variety of options all without setting up an account. They offer blocking of Ads and trackers; ads, trackers and malware; ads, trackers, malware and social media; or ads, trackers, malware, adult, and gambling. All without requiring an account and configuration. What I want is to block ads, trackers, and malware.
According to their documentation that would be the following server: base.dns.mullvad.net
Their documentation is for various OSes, nit routers, so I had to do some guess work.
I wish I could post screenshots. Here’s my configuration as cut and pasted from the settings/internet page:
Use broadcast flag
Enable VLAN Tagging (unchecked)
Use custom DNS servers (checked)
Enable DNS over HTTPS (DOH) (checked)
Select DOH Server: Add Custom Entry
MullvadAdsTrackerMal (name of my custom config)
DNS server 1
194.242.2.4
Here’s what is entered for my custom config:
Edit DOH Server
Label:
MullvadAdsTrackerMal
IP Address:
194.242.2.4
Alternative IP Address:
<blank>
URL:
https://base.dns.mullvad.net/dns-query (I added the https:// as shown in the sample configurations from their guided)
Here’s the test results (it does not seem to be working) using Mullvad’s tester (I get the same thing with another tester):
No DNS leaks
Your DNS requests originate from:
IP Address 193.148.18.30
Server Name us-nyc-dns-601
Provider M247
Location New York, NY, USA
I really like the simplicity of the pre-configured DOH servers, but in this case Mullvad seems like a better fit for me. I searched DNS-H and DOH and could not find this addressed in the forums, so here we go.
Many thanks.
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