I’ve recently set up AdGuard Home and wanted to clarify how it functions in relation to my router. Does enabling AdGuard Home effectively install it on the router itself, meaning it runs locally and fetches DNS database updates periodically? Or do all DNS requests made by clients on the network get forwarded to an external AdGuard server for processing?
If it's externally hosted, does anyone know if AdGuard collects any telemetry or data from the DNS requests? Any insights would be appreciated!
The AdGuard Home will run locally on your router. The DNS requests from your clients will reach your local Adguard Home instance but your AdGuard will use external DNS upstream providers to process these requests.
You can check the configured upstream DNS providers in your AdGuard interface: Settings - DNS Settings.