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I tried this exact setup with a combination of Ubiquiti and pihole config. It is really unmaintainable and I missed a verification / audit layer, especially for verifying that the Chinese grass/vacuum robots didn’t leak data, etc.

It would be a full time job, and then some, when the kids’ apps didn’t work due to my block lists…

Since then I have surrendered and now use a custom Cloudflare DNS endpoint.

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Fwiw ubiquity devices are some of the "set every setting to never call home but still did" devices. I cant remember if they also tried to bypass the configured dns.

:(

Yeah, I have noticed that I may have bought into a bit too much "slick Apple UX" syndrome with my Ubiquiti "conversion", but it was sooo pretty.

I still use it but keep the devices on a vlan that cannot dial out.

And use the software not an appliance to manage it.

Its not just the slick ui, its the devices themselves, and how well it all works. I got fed up of wifi at home not being as good as at work. And unifi are cheap compared to some corporate grade stuff

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