[sloshnmosh]

I have an older Asus that I want to flash with Merlin as well.

Will Merlin flash like a normal firmware update or does it require the Windows based “recovery tool” to force the flashing of Merlin?

Thanks for any response.

[memco]

Merlin can be uploaded as a normal firmware. No flashing or external apps required. If you have a compatible asus I highly recommend Merlin.

If you’re interested in doing as-blocking on the router itself there’s a tool called diversion which does take a bit of work to get installed, but is a bit simpler than trying to get oí-hole running on it: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/diversion-the-router-ad-bl....

[Zhenya]

Not only can you run diversion, you can then run a vpn and always tunnel through your VPN with diversion.

DNS leakage is one other thing to solve.