New Linksys AC1600 Smart Router not working with Open DNS

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ranger01

February 27, 2014 00:25

I have set up several routers with OpenDNS and never had a problem till now.  I have a Linksys AC1600 Smart Router.  I set the internal local area network DNS for the OpenDNS servers.  I even set my network card DNS to point to the OpenDNS servers, and it is not working.  I turned off the Router Firewall to see if that was blocking. I have Flushed the DNS cache, Deleted all browser history, cookies. Still OPen DNS  does not work. I am confused.   Thanks for any suggestions.

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  rotblitz February 27, 2014 11:22

  You forgot to fill DNS 3 with one of 208.67.222.220 or 208.67.220.222.

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  ranger01 March 10, 2014 16:05

  OK,  Thank you very much!  I will give that a try.

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  ranger01 March 11, 2014 03:45

  Thank you very much!  Entering the DNS server IP in the 3rd DNS worked!   I guess I do not understand why it was needed the 3rd one to work, but I am very happy that you took the time to answer this problem.  Cheers!  :)

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  rotblitz March 11, 2014 11:42

  "I do not understand why it was needed the 3rd one to work"

  Because if you do not fill all DNS fields with OpenDNS resolver addresses, the unused one will pick your ISP's DNS server address, and therefore you don't use OpenDNS reliably, but randomly only.

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  pepsitom January 06, 2015 05:22

  It looks like Linksys "fixed" this "issue"...  I'm new to OpenDNS, and this is a new router...  Looks like it's using the router IP for the primary DNS server...  

  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
                                                   208.67.222.222
                                                   208.67.220.220
                                                   208.67.220.220

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  mattwilson9090 January 06, 2015 06:32

  I can't tell if you're saying that you're having a problem, or merely posting some sort of "me too" post on a thread has been dormant for 9 months.

  I also can't tell where in your routers settings those DNS servers are listed. Is that in the DHCP section for DNS settings that are given to clients, or is it in the network settings for the router itself?

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  trang_quynh January 05, 2017 03:30

  Hi

  I have a new router Linksys AC1200+ and I can't get DNS to block/filter websites like I used to be able to with my old Belkin router. I have a free account with OpenDNS, what do I need to do extra with the Linksys AC1200 in order for OpenDNS to work? I read the replies above but can't find where I can put those DNS in. Please advise.

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  trang_quynh January 05, 2017 03:55

  Nevermind. I found it

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