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Please share how do you configure standard android phone or smart devices (TV) phoning home.

Maybe the GP means that you can run a DNS server on your router? Most people own very locked-down consumer routers, however, so this is rarely an option.

Speaking of that, does anyone know of a router that lets you run any operating system (I was thinking OpenBSD) but with better energy usage than a full computer?

Have a look at OpenWRT

Mofirouter ships with it from factory..

By router I assume you mean WiFi AP, firewall and router.

I run pfSense on an Intel box I got from AliExpress (i5-6200U, 8GB ram) as my firewall and use its 6x Ethernet ports for basic routing. Despite having a decently powered spec, in operation it takes 8-9W power.

Searching AliExpress for pfSense returns lots of options, many will have lower consumption.

For WiFi I have a tp-link AP (EAP-225) that takes about 3W.

This is a bit more than an all-in-one consumer unit (the one I replaced was a couple of watts), but I'm very happy with its power consumption.

You can try openwrt: https://openwrt.org/

You can install several packages including adblock and cryptdns-proxy. Here's a list of supported routers: https://openwrt.org/toh/start

PCEngines APU

I have a positive experience with Turris Omnia.

It doesn't run OpenBSD, but it runs OpenWRT-based TurrisOS, and also supports LXC containers (generic ARM-based Linux distros like Debian, Ubuntu etc). By the way, it's possible to install PiHole inside such a container. Besides that, it has builtin WiFi (2.4 and 5 GHz radios) and a plenty of hardware resources (2 Gb RAM, powerful CPU).

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