Tutorial for manually installing AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-ins after flashing PlayCloud into a soft router

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preamble

Playcloud, this once mining chain to make money in the small box, in the mining tide recede gradually forgotten. But don't throw it away, it's actually one of the cheapest and most cost-effective “soft routing hosts” available. It costs $20-30 from the idle fish, and by brushing the OpenWRT system in the last video, we can turn PlayCloud into a treasure and give it a new lease of life, so that it can take on the tasks of scientific Internet access and advertisement filtering for the home or office.

This article will detail, inLast Playtech Cloud Brush for OpenWRT After the system, howManual installation of AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-insto build an efficient DNS de-advertisement and transparent proxy system, as we have previously, for example, usedN1Box BrushiStoreOSsystem, or use theAdGuardHome combined with OpenClash as well as MosDNS Have done a strong combination, but the playcloud these two plug-ins are not integrated into the system firmware only MosDNS, at the request of the fans it, we do another system complete tutorial as a supplement to the last video, manually install third-party plug-ins.

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I. Pre-requisites

Before you begin, make sure you have completed the following preparations:

  • PlayCloud has been flashed with OpenWRT
  • ✅ Being able to log in to the system via SSH (e.g., using the root@192.168.1.1) or other SSH plugins
  • ✅ The system is connected to the Internet (can ping (computing) (via extranet) Reference Notes
  • ✅ You have some basic operating knowledge of Linux/OpenWRT, or are attentive enough to follow blogs and videos.

Note: According to the firmware's ip settings it is important that our soft router is currently in a state where it can go over the wall to access the Internet scientifically.

Tutorial for manually installing AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-ins after flashing PlayCloud into a soft router
The gateway and DNS I set up for PlayCloud is another soft router on the LAN, which ensures that PlayCloud can update and install github resources normally.

Update plug-ins as well as pull github source updates to smoother, after the preparation work is done, we can use the third-party SSH software to log into the playcloud

Tutorial for manually installing AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-ins after flashing PlayCloud into a soft router

Install the AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-ins.

https://github.com/rufengsuixing/luci-app-adguardhome/releases

Tutorial for manually installing AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-ins after flashing PlayCloud into a soft router
luci-app-adguardhome_1.8-9_all.ipk

https://github.com/vernesong/OpenClash/releases/tag/v0.46.086

Tutorial for manually installing AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-ins after flashing PlayCloud into a soft router
luci-app-openclash-0.46.086.apk
Tutorial for manually installing AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-ins after flashing PlayCloud into a soft router
Use ftp or the MobaXterm software used by the author to upload the relevant plugins to the SoftRoute PlayCloud directory.

Use opkg install path.apk according to your path.

Tutorial for manually installing AdGuardHome and OpenClash plug-ins after flashing PlayCloud into a soft router
Press enter and the installation will finish directly. If not, update it, or install the dependencies as prompted.
opkg update
opkg install coreutils curl ipset iptables iptables-mod-tproxy \
iptables-mod-extra kmod-tun libuci-lua luci-compat resolveip

If you encounter problems and need to uninstall the installed plug-ins or streamline the openWRT system to save resources, you can also refer to the previous section. Full tutorial for manually uninstalling OpenClash (and other plugins) for OpenWrt/iStoreOS

III. Common problems and solutions

🔹 Plugin installation failed?

It is possible that the dependency is missing or the OpenWRT version is too low, it is recommended to run it first:

opkg update
opkg list-upgradable

IV. Writing at the end

With the above steps, we have successfully deployed on the PlayCloud AdGuardHome + OpenClash and the self-containedMosDNSWith the powerful combination of ad filtering, intelligent DNS shunting and scientific Internet access, the system is a complete solution for low-budget users to build a “home Internet enhancement center”. With stable operation and flexible configuration, this system is very suitable for low-budget users to create a "home network enhancement center".

If you also have a slag playcloud, don't waste it, get your hands on it and brush it up, it will be the most valuable part of your network architecture.

For more details on how to use and set up the program, please refer to Using the AdGuardHome + MosDNS Realizes Efficient Ads Filtering and Intelligent DNS Triage for Scientific Internet Access - Detailed Explanation (Take OpenClash as an Example)

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