Thu, 23 May 2013 01:01:38 +0000 http://forums.opendns.com/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77103#Comment_77103 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77103#Comment_77103 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:47:21 +0000 oren_yul I just moved to HOT, a local Israeli TV/Phone/Internet supplier.

I am using a Segacom F@ST 3184 modem/router.
The DNS there is fixed to the company DNS.

How can I still use OpenDNS?
Must I go to each PC on the network and change their DNS from automatic to static with the correct numbers?

Is there another, simpler/safer, solution?

Thanks,
Oren]]> http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77143#Comment_77143 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77143#Comment_77143 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:02:26 +0000 bp1 I managed to use my old router and disabled the dhcp on the BT new router. I then enabled DHCP and dns on the old router. The old router was connected as a slave via the lan port to the BT router. What you get then is that the old router provudes dhcp and dns which points to OpenDns to all my network devices.
I got the original instructions here http://punj-technology.blogspot.com/2011/02/using-opendns-with-bt-homehub-broadband.html

Hope the above helps]]> http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77169#Comment_77169 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77169#Comment_77169 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:48:30 +0000 rotblitz
In case you have so many computers, it's worth to think about an own internal DNS server. This can be an old computer with a free DNS server distro like BIND.]]> http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77973#Comment_77973 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77973#Comment_77973 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:24:13 +0000 tim1 ]]> http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77975#Comment_77975 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77975#Comment_77975 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:34:17 +0000 rotblitz
But before taking any efforts you must ensure that you can use OpenDNS at all:
nslookup -type=txt which.opendns.com. 208.67.222.222]]> http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77981#Comment_77981 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77981#Comment_77981 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:47:15 +0000 midomix4 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77983#Comment_77983 http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=13445&Focus=77983#Comment_77983 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:31:21 +0000 rotblitz
Bad idea. It is really suboptimal to have external resolver IP addresses on local devices. This is not where they normally belong to as this breaks or at least impacts local name resolution.

If a server is used, then a DNS server software like BIND belongs onto this, and the OpenDNS resolver addresses are to be configured as forwarders, not on the DHCP side.]]>