Why Pi-hole when you can RouterOS adlist?

RouterOS DNS server now has a new feature - adlist. Introduced in version 7.15 it takes URL lists and blocks unwanted web content.

[jan.kowalski]

Amazing! Mikrotik is is the go to technology because they LISTEN to the people.

[DemisvanEyden]

This is a great addition to the already massive amount of options on RouterOS! I've set it up right away and it works. Awesome!

[EvangelosBrempos]

Thanks for adding more useful features to routeros. You people are awesome.

[SoleSurer]

Just add a whitelist option and it will be perfect for regular home use!

[thetechdudemc]

Another use for this is as a content filter for public wifi, schools or libraries. They can import a list of NSFW websites to block and restrict access to, it doesn't have to be just for blocking ads specifically

[byronnarainna]

Just tried it out, works perfectly, Mikrotik for the win

[davelloyd]

Superb @mikrotik! Great job. Will this be going into the next release of winbox?

[Sarcasthik]

Nice feature ! As others have said, it's not really on par with Pi-hole's features but it's a start !
I personally don't need all the features Pi-hole offers, so just being able to whitelist URLs and check requested URLs per device would be enough for me.

[krosa]

Great feature!
Please consider adding a whitelist option that can override entries from adlists. The StevenBlack list works nicely but I need to unblock a couple of domains. I know I can download the list, edit it and upload the file to router. But having to do that regularly becomes tedious and I miss out on the auto-updating adlists feature.

[kchiem]

If a domain is listed in more than one host list, when it's matched, does the match count increment for both lists or just the first one?

[japanstation]

That's fantastic! Thank you for adding this feature.

[educ]

It would be good for it to download directly to RAM and bypass the flash, so CRS326 with 16MB of flash but enough RAM could use the feature.

[NevaranUniverse]

Thats pretty awesome, though barebones. It would definitely benefit from the ability to comment each entry, and disable/enable them on-the-fly, just like usual adblock DNS'

[andresdds]

on hAP ac^2 with RO 7.15.2
Locally hosted adlist - worked correctly, name-count=163299
URL based adlist - same list, name-count=0

[Graham_Rule]

My Pihole currently uses a number of lists and merges them (allowing me to keep a list on a server of my own as well as using external list). Is this something that Mikrotik can add?

[kchiem]

also, some times it's useful to pause ad blocking. can this feature be paused without disabling every single list?

EDIT: nevermind, I see there's a pause feature in Winbox. could have mentioned that in the video.

[MaverickShaka]

Can be used to have a kind of "whitelist? so block everything except the urls of a specified list?

[LxNt]

Does it have the same clients grouping and white\blackilst functionalities pi-hole has?

[marcoschirrmeister]

We indeed do not need pi-hole, but we still need the underdog blocky. Why, because of its incredibly powerful and flexible confiootions.

[RadHard]

is it possible to do DNS server randomization like in blocky? (golang) That also is quite nice for privacy