The original post: /r/mullvadvpn by /u/Equivalent-Cut-9253 on 2024-11-13 17:09:29.

I need some help understanding how this works.

If I am connected to Mullvad then when I check my DNS it is mullvads, so I know I am connected to it and have the ad blocking option turned on in the client.

I usually use Firefox and uBO but I sometimes have to use a browser that doesn’t have any extensions at all and is chromium based, so I get a ton of ads.

If I disconnect from Mullvad and add the adguard dns in my network settings I get less ads (not perfect but pretty good), but if I enable Mullvad I seem to be getting ads again.

Ad blocking is not my primary concern, I care more about my ISP not having my entire search history available really. But it would be nice to do both.

Can/should I somehow make Mullvad use adguard dns or is this risky in some way? Or not possible?

I know you can set custom dns in the client but I know too little about networks to dare do that in case it would be able to cause a leak somehow.