I am not able to get OpenDNS configured with D-Link DSL-2750U

wsadaqa

March 23, 2014 14:58

Since I cannot find information for my specifc router (D-Link DSL-2750U), I used the general configuration instruction and have changed the Primary and Secondary DNS, provided by OpenDNS. I cleared the caches but alwayd get the same message upon testing the setup... "Oops. You're not using OpenDNS yet"

Please note that I have the DNS Proxy is enabled, which I don't know where it get it's values from? see attached files.

Would be greatful for any help and support.

Thanks.

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rotblitz March 23, 2014 18:32

It seems you did everything right, although the DNS proxy may be irrelevant here. It most likely takes its values from the other two fields. However, if the command

nslookup -type=txt which.opendns.com. 208.67.220.220

returns "I am not an OpenDNS resolver", then your ISP redirects your DNS queries to their own DNS service and you're out of luck with using 3rd party DNS. You had to call your ISP to ask if it is possible to opt out from this DNS redirection.

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nithin.tp April 02, 2014 01:22

Hi

I have the same problem , the command

nslookup -type=txt which.opendns.com. 208.67.220.220

Returns values as below

Server: 208.67.220.220
Address: 208.67.220.220#53

Non-authoritative answer:
which.opendns.com text = "3.lon"

Authoritative answers can be found from:

nithin@Inspiron-620$

Can u please suggest a solution ?

Thank you

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wsadaqa April 02, 2014 06:51

Hi,

I have ran the command nslookup -type=txt which.opendns.com. 208.67.220.220

Server: resolver2.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.220.220

Non-authoritative answer:
which.opendns.com text =

"5.fra"

Please help.

Thanks.

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rotblitz April 02, 2014 10:17

@nithin.tp and @wsadaqa:

Your DNS queries are not redirected by your ISPs.

Same problem - so you're using a D-Link DSL-2750U, else it would not be the same problem.

Well, try without the DNS proxy enabled to see if it works then.

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wsadaqa April 02, 2014 11:55

If I untick this option the network fails and I would not be able to browse any website.

I ran the command again (without the DNS proxy being enabled) and I still get the same error.

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rotblitz April 02, 2014 12:47

"If I untick this option the network fails and I would not be able to browse any website."

I had checked the user manual earlier, and the description for this function is lousy anyway. :(

"I ran the command again (without the DNS proxy being enabled) and I still get the same error."

Same error? Oops, you didn't get an error at all. You confirmed that your DNS queries are not being redirected, and that you would be using the OpenDNS Frankfurt location if you used OpenDNS at all. This is not an error, but good!

And you know that this is an OpenDNS forum here, and OpenDNS do not supply routers. Therefore you had to refer to D-Link support. It isn't an OpenDNS problem, but a general D-Link problem.

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wsadaqa April 03, 2014 04:36

I have figured it out. I kept the DNS Proxy but this time I added 208.67.222.222 in the Host name of the Broadband Router.

Thanks for your great support; your pointed me where to check.

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prashanth.ambekar July 03, 2014 15:12

Hi wsadaqa, could you please share a screenshot of your router settings now. I did what you suggested, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I'd appreciate your help. Thanks!

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rotblitz July 03, 2014 15:31

@prashanth.ambekar
With "Host name" wsadaqa meant the field in the second screen shot he originally posted.
https://support.opendns.com/attachments/token/c3NS2IZa5eog6TlbzfPagnHmv/?name=DLink2.jpg

But you're right, the described measure cannot be the solution, it must have been something else which solved his problem. Whatever, you may try it too nevertheless. It can't harm anything.

Did you ensure that your ISP does not redirect your DNS lookups to their own DNS service, as described above?

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prashanth.ambekar July 03, 2014 15:55

Hi rotblitz,I did try what wsadaqa suggested, but it didn't work for me. And I did run the nslookup, and this is what I found - I assume it means that my ISP is not redirecting DNS requests.

Server:       208.67.220.220
Address:   208.67.220.220#53

Non-authoritative answer:
which.opendns.com   text = "3.lon"

Authoritative answers can be found from:

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prashanth.ambekar July 08, 2014 05:08

@rotblitz, I finally got OpenDNS set up on my computer. I changed the DNS settings on my router and flushed the DNS cache on my Mac as suggested, but I still wasn't able to use OpenDNS. Finally, I went to System Preferences > Network > Advanced > DNS, and noticed that my computer was using the old DNS addresses. Those addresses were grayed out, and I couldn't delete them. So I added the OpenDNS addresses using the + sign at the bottom, and flushed my DNS cache, and voila!

Hope this is helpful to others who're on a Mac.

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sjohansen January 01, 2015 15:33

I have had the same problem since august 14. I gave up at the end, but today I found that there was a problem with the firmware on the router.

After update the firmware all woorks fine again.

Seems like the error in the log at the router telling something about no entry in the resolv file have to do with it. The dns setting did infact not save correctly on the router.

For DIR860L the firmware 1.08 works

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