Help OpenDNS Client Updater

[undeleted_xp]

If I disable "sending IP updates" and turned off my Desktop and/or Laptop where the Updater Client was installed are my filtering settings retained? Or do I have the Updater Client to be always active for my settings to be enabled. I'm kind of lost here need help.

[cobalt-phoenix]

The Updater does just this, it keeps your IP address information updated at your dashboard, so that OpenDNS can associate your DNS queries with your settings.

That said, your filtering settings at the dashboard are always retained.  The Updater never ever changes them.  And your filtering settings also take effect as long as your ISP doesn't change your IP address.  As soon as this happens, and the Updater isn't running at this time, then your filtering settings do no longer take effect, because OpenDNS cannot associate your DNS queries with your dashboard settings any longer.

If these ISP IP address changes happen rather often than rarely, you should keep the Updater running all the time, or at least at times of regular IP address changes, in case there is a rule and you know it.

Btw, you do not need to run this Updater (the one from OpenDNS).  There are plenty more available.  Also many routers and other devices like NAS, DVR, IP cameras etc support such IP address information updates.  Check yours for this feature.  It is usually called DDNS or Dynamic DNS.

[undeleted_xp]

Thanks.

[undeleted_xp]

by the way, does OpenDNS work in tande with No-IP? My router supports only two DynDNS and No-IP.

[mattwilson9090]

OpenDNS will not accept IP address updates from any their party DDNS provider such as DynDNS or No-IP. They will only accept updates from a device on the network using their own Updater or one of the many other options that cobalt-phoenix.

The only "exception" to this is DNS-O-Matic, which can receive updated IP address information from a device on your network, and then can send that information to a multitude of services, including OpenDNS and DynDNS or No-IP. However, this isn't really an exception since DNS-O-Matic is actually an OpenDNS service. In fact you use the same username and password with it as you do with OpenDNS.

If your router has a "custom" option for DDNS you could configure that. Otherwise you'll need to use another device on your network, replace your router with a router that does support OpenDNS updates, or if you have the correct router model can replace it's firmware with third party firmware that support either OpenDNS or DNS-O-Matic