I have an hard drive attached to the rear USB port of my R7000. It's a single NTFS partition with three directories (Music, Pictures, Video) all mounted to /opt and conveniently available on my LAN.
I suspect that to enable AdBlocking more is involved than just adding dnsmasq as a fourth directory and populating it with the contents of the github 7z file.
Questions:
1. Can I use a hard drive instead of a pendrive?
2. If so, does the hard drive need to be partitioned?
3. How the heck do I execute chmod +x?
I have an hard drive attached to the rear USB port of my R7000. It's a single NTFS partition with three directories (Music, Pictures, Video) all mounted to /opt and conveniently available on my LAN.
I suspect that to enable AdBlocking more is involved than just adding dnsmasq as a fourth directory and populating it with the contents of the github 7z file.
Questions:
1. Can I use a hard drive instead of a pendrive?
2. If so, does the hard drive need to be partitioned?
3. How the heck do I execute chmod +x?
Thanks in advance.
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I'd prefer not to use the front USB port as my wife's fussy about aesthetics.
BTW, I'm a Windows 10 user with no Linux background.
Well, in that case you can either get one of those tiny pendrives (SanDisk Cruzer Fit) or a USB hub with any 8GB+ pendrive, and follow this post. Since you have no Linux/Unix background, I can't recommend resizing and partitioning your existing disk which likely contains important data.
To answer your other question, you can SSH into your router and use chmod to make binaries/scripts executable. _________________ Routers
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give partitioning the hard drive a try (many freeware products available) and see if I can't extend the scope of your work. My HDD has tons of unused capacity so I'll grab 20-30Gb and partition it as FAT32 and go from there.
Duh, hadn't thought of a USB hub but will use that as a fallback.
My HDD has tons of unused capacity so I'll grab 20-30Gb and partition it as FAT32 and go from there.
Duh, hadn't thought of a USB hub but will use that as a fallback.
You'll need two ext3 partitions - for /jffs and /opt, preferably 1-2GB each, and optionally a swap partition (256/512MB). Pendrive/hub is a much better idea. _________________ Routers
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It seems to be working ok without a swap partition.
I added www.nydailynews.com to the whitelist and it sort of works -- for 8+ seconds until it reverts to the attached message.
Because some of these sites now use JS anti-adblock measures to force you into disabling your ad blockers. Except in our case, we can't even do that. We are using DNS level ad blocking. No worries, you can still load these sites.
Solution:
If you're using Google Chrome,
1. Settings > Advanced > Content Settings > Javascript
2. Click on add button in "block" section
3. Type [*.]nydailynews.com and save
4. Refresh the site. You'll lose some interface options that depend on Javascript, but at least the site will function sans ads.
For Firefox, Safari, etc: https://www.wikihow.com/Disable-JavaScript
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VERSION: 20180306
Major code rewrite, cleanup, and update. An installer file (installer.sh) now available. Installer and 7z/tar.gz archives now include an ARM7L version of static compiled curl (mpcurl) and latest certificates, for systems that don't have /usr/bin/curl. Users are advised to upgrade to this version.
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:20 Post subject:
@Yamaraj,
If I update to this version as is, will it preserve my existing whitelist and blacklists?
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@Yamaraj,
If I update to this version as is, will it preserve my existing whitelist and blacklists?
Thanks,
It will, provided:
1. You do not use the installer or extract 7z/tar.gz archives into /jffs/dnsmasq, overwriting existing files.
2. You (re)download files after reading this post. I have just updated the release to preserve existing blacklist/whitelist.
Best course of action: update everything except blacklist and whitelist, then run the script. The script will preserve your entries and merge them with the official files. _________________ Routers
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Wait 30 minutes. I am uploading a new version which will preserve your custom myblacklist/mywhitelist files sans any risks. _________________ Routers
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