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Hello! I have a primary Apple Airport Extreme connected to a gateway, and a secondary Airport Extreme configured as a network extender with my PC connected to it via ethernet.    I can manually configure the DNS server on both Airports, but do I need...

colebyre by Level 1
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I have used Open dns filtering for year, but my new Dlink DIR-890L won't let me setup the filtering. I did get it working on this desktop by forcing it use the open DNS  servers in ethernet settings.  However on the wifi and all other computers, it's...

alohat by Level 1
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Is there a way to see the data usage instead of just requests on OpenDNS home? My ISP tells me I am hitting my cap and based on their "estimate" of how long I can do certain things, I feel like we shouldn't be. So I turned to OpenDNS to help me track...

Hi, Everything used to work properly at some point but now it seems I'm not using OpenDNS anymore. I have an Apple extreme router with DNS set at 208.67.222.222/208.67.220.220 and IpV6 DNS servers ::ffff:208.67.222.220/::ffff:208.67.220.222. Can anyo...

uccia by Level 1
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Hi, I have looked at the instructions for all of the TP-LINK modems. I have tried the closest one, I have cleared the DNS cache on my computer and on the browser. The test sites still say I am not using Open DNS. I need some help. I have been working...

calu2012 by Level 1
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First thing first, I'm very naïve about how this whole dashboard works. So with that in mind my questions are: 1.) What does the request number actually mean for a particular domain? times visited, times looked up... 2.) If a particular website shows...

jessg1 by Level 1
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I followed all the instructions but the program does not seem to be doing anything.  It seemed very easy to set up but then nothing happens.  Nothing is filtered. I see some people sharing stuff about running some commands.  Where do we run those?  T...

cito1 by Level 1
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Anybody know what a.rootservers.net is or means? Its been requested over 3000 times on my home wifi network within a 24 hour period. Even when the only thing connected is smartphones. Ive turned all my wifi devices off today and I'm waiting to see if...

meme20166 by Level 1
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I have Private Internet Access VPN service (PIA) on my laptop.  I have the OpenDNS DNS configurations on my Netgear router (the "208..." adresses).  I notice that when I'm NOT connected to the PIA VPN, the OpenDNS phising site is blocked.  However, w...

My kids easily bypass OpenDNS / Umbrella with Google search results from "blockedgames" query. It would be nice to see an easy method to block these sites. I'm leaning towards giving up on Umbrella and implementing my own DNS RPZ based solution for m...

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