Manual Plugins Network

Optional Plugins: Network & Connectivity

These are optional packages — not all of them may be installed on your build. Each gets its own web UI page when installed.

Ad Block

Firewall → Adblock

DNS-level ad blocking: downloads a hosts-file blocklist and feeds it to dnsmasq to null-route ad domains before they're ever resolved. Settings: an Enable toggle, "Attempt to hide blocked ads" (serves a transparent pixel instead of a broken-image placeholder), per-domain Whitelist/Blacklist exemptions, and a manual Update button to refresh the blocklist.

DNS over HTTPS

Connection → DNS over HTTPS

Encrypts DNS lookups using https-dns-proxy, with a large bundled catalog of public DoH providers (Cloudflare, Quad9, NextDNS, Mullvad, and others). Settings: enable the proxy, add one or more provider instances (some providers take extra options like filter variant or account username), and toggles to block iCloud Private Relay / Mozilla's canary domain — both of which would otherwise let a device bypass your local DNS entirely.

Wake on LAN

Connection → Wake on LAN

Sends Wake-on-LAN magic packets to power on sleeping LAN devices. Nothing to configure — the page auto-populates a table of known hosts from DHCP leases, static leases, and connected WiFi clients, each with its own "Wake Up" button.

Tor

Connection → Tor

Routes traffic through the Tor network, and/or runs the router as a Tor relay or bridge. Client mode: disabled, all hosts, a per-IP allow-list, or hidden-service-only routing (there's also a per-client toggle on the login page, letting an individual user turn their own Tor routing on/off). Server mode: run as a Relay or Bridge, with port, max bandwidth (KB/s), whether to publish to the public Tor directory, nickname, and contact email — the router cannot be configured as a Tor exit node.

UPnP

No dedicated page — folded into Firewall → Port Forwarding

Enables automatic port-mapping for LAN devices/games/apps via miniupnpd. Its settings (enable UPnP/NAT-PMP, upload/download speed limits, and a live table of currently active mappings) appear directly on the Port Forwarding page rather than a separate one.

Ping Watchdog

Connection → Ping Watchdog

Periodically pings a target host and takes a recovery action if it stops responding — useful for auto-recovering a flaky WAN link without you noticing it's down. Settings: enable, address to ping, ping interval (1–59 minutes), startup delay, how many consecutive failures to tolerate before acting (1–10), and the Failure Action itself: reconnect WAN, reboot the router, or run a custom script.

PPTP

Connection → PPTP

Adds PPTP VPN client support, letting your WAN connection itself be a PPTP tunnel (as opposed to OpenVPN/WireGuard client mode used for other purposes). Settings: disabled/client mode, then server hostname, username, and password, plus a Reconnect button and live connection status.

iPhone USB Tethering

No dedicated page

Enables USB tethering with iPhones/iOS devices (via the usbmuxd daemon and ipheth kernel driver), exposing the phone's cellular connection as a normal network interface. Once installed, configure the resulting interface like any other WAN connection in the base Network settings — there's no separate plugin page.

See also

• User Manual