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Randomly getting error messages with opendns software installed

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The pc which I which to monitor has a dynamic IP. The pc is a user account with no admin access. The opendns is installed with all the IP settings. I have followed all the settings and installed the software. I noticed that on two occasions, opendns is not working.

1. The IP address is registered to/used by another user. I have no idea why this happens. Managed to get this once and restarting the pc solved the problem.

2. The computer IP does not match the opendns IP, or something like that. True enough, the IP is different compared to the IP provided by opendns.

Are there methods to cure this problem?

In both instances, the opendns popup box comes out and warns there is a problem with IP. The only problem with this is that the user may know/detect that opendns is used and will try methods to circumvent the filter, even when running the software in hidden mode it is not really that hidden. I have tried qustodio, and the hidden mode is much superior. You will need to log in online to deactivate the hidden mode and on a user without admin access, access for filtered content is impossible unless there is a 3rd person app or a portable app which uses a different proxy, for example.

Thank you.

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genericreplies
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Sorry for that. I thought OpenDNS would solve everything. Yes. I'm trying to block porn from being accessed by the kids. The problem with Tor is that, even if I do a specific hash search under user access control to not allow tor to be installed, it seems that tor installer is based on some sort of portable app kind of installer. Meaning, it can be installed regardless of whatever kind of pc account I use.

Thanks for the tip. Will try filtering proxies on the router side.