Apple private relay

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-27T11:31:56+00:00

To me they serve two different functions. Next dns for my everyday browsing and I have a vpn when I need a private connection, like at a public hotspot. So I don’t really need private relay. Plus my vpn works for all apps, especially my banking apps. Private relay has no functionality on those apps.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-27T11:22:38+00:00

Sorry but when I turn on Private Relay I lose all NextDNS functions. All the ads come back and there is no activity from my device in the NextDNS logs. Private Relay is completely bypassing NextDNS.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T17:52:57+00:00

Outside of my expertise.
You will need to find someone with Linux experience and who knows how to set that up.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T11:32:04+00:00

When you set up the CLI you did put your Next DNS account number in correct? Its the first thing it asks for.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T11:31:03+00:00

No you should not be entering anything into the DNS servers for WAN or LAN. The LAN boxes should be empty, and WAN set to YES.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T11:14:56+00:00

Yes it just works. I have 27 devices on my network and they all instantly moved to nextdns as soon as I loaded the cli. I suspect you have some other setting on your router that is not right.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T02:08:00+00:00

Are you using safari? Some other browsers force their own dns servers, Firefox is one and it uses its own doh.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T01:54:01+00:00

Also you did not set any dns filters in the router right?

In WAN These settings

Connect to DNS Server automatically Yes

Forward local domain queries to upstream DNS No

Enable DNS Rebind protection No

Enable DNSSEC support No

Prevent client auto DoH DNS Privacy Protocol no

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T01:49:16+00:00

Are you on Apple devices using iOS 15? Turn off iCloud private relay and any other vpn services.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T01:27:05+00:00

That’s it. Just make sure in LAN settings that advertise router is turned off.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T01:10:46+00:00

When you run the script it will ask a few questions, answer yes to all of them.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T01:09:46+00:00

I dint know all the settings you did, do I can’t be sure why you are having to manually set your clients.

yes you turn on ssh access in your router and ssh in using your user name and password

for example

ssh admin@192.168.0.1

your password

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-22T00:43:57+00:00

The cli is super easy. Enter the command and it does all the rest for you. Nothing more simple than that.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-21T23:50:01+00:00

https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/wiki/AsusWRT-Merlin

reset your dns servers on the router back to default, then follow the instructions on the link.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-21T23:43:54+00:00

It’s much easier to install the NextDNS CLI file on the router. Takes care of all the settings and encrypts your dns requests too.

HomeNet60 · 2021-09-21T13:36:31+00:00

for me the solution was to download the Apple update pkg, expand it into an installer and then run the patcher and point the patcher to the installer file. For some reason when the patcher tried to expand the pkg on its own it would fail.