Connecting open dns after reset router
Had an issue with my internet and cable guy told me to reset router to factory. Now I log into netgear open dns and I cannot get my settings back. It shows my routet as an old device. I have many saved blacklist/whitelist sites. This is frustrating becauae I would like to just use the setting I had. Even better, In the past before I had a netgear i uaed an Open DNS account and I atill have that with even more blacklist/whitelisted aites since I paid for extra and was able to protect roaming computers and devices but i cannot seem to figure out how to use that account with my Router. I know that I csn set it to use the open dns servers but that prevents me from switching back and forth. I like that I can go to my netgear genie and toggle off parental controls when I want. The paremtal controls blocks some of the channels on my Roku even though I have it set for no filtering through the Netgear Genie. Any suggestions on how to make life easier. Is there a way to use either of the open DNS accounts and still be able to toggle off parental controls for Roku on occasion?
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"Now I log into netgear open dns and I cannot get my settings back."
Your best bet is to open a support ticket with the exact details like your user ID and device ID. One thing is for sure: if you reset your router to factory defaults, you'll lose everything what you did before, like enabling LPC.
Also, you forgot to say what exact services you're talking about:
- "I had a netgear i uaed an Open DNS account and I atill have that with even more blacklist/whitelisted aites since I paid for extra and was able to protect roaming computers and devices"
What exact service was this? Was it possibly OpenDNS Home VIP? - "I like that I can go to my netgear genie and toggle off parental controls when I want."
This seems to refer to LPC. Here are the related instructions: https://kb.netgear.com/25687/
As I said, you may have to enable LPC again.
"Any suggestions on how to make life easier."
What do you want to achieve to make your life easier?
"Is there a way to use either of the open DNS accounts"
Again, what exact services are you referring to with these two accounts? Normally you can use only one of these services at any time, because the other services may be incompatible.
"Using my phone to post!"
Not a good idea to use a toy instead of a computer...
- "I had a netgear i uaed an Open DNS account and I atill have that with even more blacklist/whitelisted aites since I paid for extra and was able to protect roaming computers and devices"
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