UniFi Gateway + NordVPN + AdGuard: Domain-Based Routing Setup
🔐 Summary If you're running a UniFi Gateway and want to route traffic for specific domains (like geo restricted streaming) through a NordVPN tunnel, while using AdGuard Home for DNS filtering, this guide walks you through the full configuration — from VPN client setup to DNS forwarding and policy-based routing. In this post, I'll use example.com to represent a domain that I want to route across a VPN tunnel. Note: This method can work with any combination of VPN provider and External DNS. If you're just using the Unifi GW for DNS, it's even simpler. 🧭 Overview Goal: Route all traffic to example.com and its subdomains through NordVPN. Tools Used: UniFi Cloud Gateway (Next-Gen UniFi gateway or UniFi Cloud Gateway) NordVPN (OpenVPN) AdGuard Home (DNS filtering and conditional forwarding) 1. Configure NordVPN as a Client on UniFi Gateway ✅ UI-Based Setup (No SSH Required) Navigate to UniFi Network > Sett...