Realtek-UAD-generic VS Pi-hole

Would you mind to try these drivers? https://github.com/pal1000/Realtek-UAD-generic/releases

Instead of the neutered Realtek Audio Console I am using the one with the equalizer. You can download it here: https://github.com/pal1000/Realtek-UAD-generic/release Unzip the RealtekAudioControl_1.41.290-offline.zip file. Click on the setup.cmd file to install.

Use DDU to remove anything Audio related to Realtek. Restart the PC and download the drivers from pal1000 https://github.com/pal1000/Realtek-UAD-generic/releases and see if that helps

Try this one.

Uninstall the driver and install https://github.com/pal1000/Realtek-UAD-generic along with the Realtek Audio Control Panel, since with my laptop, uninstalling Waves Maxx Audio Pro disables headphone jack detection.

Or you can install pal1000's Realtek UAD drivers and the latest Realtrek Audio Control 1.41.290.0.

Finally, you could try modded drivers from either Alan Finotty with his AAF Optimus Sound package which has a ton of options and AIOs such as Dolby Digital, DTS-X, Atmos, etc etc and some additional applications (but you can select if you want them or not), or the Pal Realtek package.

The Realtek Audio Control that's posted on pal1000's thread is just an updated version, 1.41.289.0, of the same Realtek Audio Console (Control) that you posted a pic of. Looks the same and does NOT have an audio equalizer.

Try using generic Realtek drivers from here: https://github.com/pal1000/Realtek-UAD-generic

Si te preguntas, ¿por qué no usar Adguard o Pihole? 🤔

This is an overreaction, almost to the point of absurdity.

Risks inherent to pipe installers are well understood by many. Using your logic, we should abandon Homebrew [1] (>38k stars on GitHub), PiHole [2] (>46k stars on GitHub), Chef [3], RVM [4], and countless other open source projects that use one-step automated installers (by piping to bash).

A more reasonable response would be to coordinate with the developers to update the docs to provide alternative installation methods, rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[1] https://brew.sh/

[2] https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

[3] https://docs.chef.io/chef_install_script/#run-the-install-sc...

[4] https://rvm.io/rvm/install

Pi-hole to block ads and tracking for my less technically savvy relatives

https://pi-hole.net/

I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS.

Note: This isn't a shill for NextDNS; I love these kinds of projects and think they absolutely should exist, but NextDNS just happens to be one of those dead-simple SaaS tools that is an insanely good value.

0 - https://pi-hole.net/

1 - https://nextdns.io

It definitely IS an option, but at the network level.

https://pi-hole.net/

It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.

I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background.

Adguard [1] is a decent free option.

I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network.

[0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html

[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html

[2] https://pi-hole.net/

Are you trying to build a DNS proxy (similar to Pi-hole) that intercepts DNS requests and checks for the ones that look harmful? If so, I would suggest trying to separately build a DNS client and a DNS server, before trying to integrate them together. Start with Beej's Guide to Network Programming if you need to learn the basics of sockets, and then take a look at the documents that define the DNS protocol itself (RFC1034 and RFC1035).

Setup a pi-hole.

It's definitely not as simple as installing an app on your phone, but I run a Pi-hole on my home network, and it does block ads in many games.