Who is administering my current network block?

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nogen

November 16, 2013 14:11

I receive OpenDNS servers from my ISP though DHCP.

When I tried to visit a page, I received an OpenDNS blocking page (urbandictionary.com). I doubt that my ISP is knowingly enforcing filtering, and that someone else has hijiacked the administration of my current ip.

I can only assume that someone is monitoring my DNS requests, and I have no idea who this person is.

Are there any means to find out who is my opendns administrator? Because I am surely do not want anyone to override what I can and cannot do, and I would know if this is a glitch, or someone with bad intentions.

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  maintenance November 16, 2013 23:35

  First, I suggest opening support ticket from the Dashboard you now have since registering here

  https://dashboard.opendns.com/support/

  and let OpenDNS know who your ISP is, and include the IP address shown at the extreme top of the support page.  I don't know that any ISP should be auto-assigning OpenDNS addresses. They can find out who has your IP registered and is causing the filtering.

  Then, you can manually assign some other DNS servers on your router or devices (e.g., Google DNS), then flush your browser and local resolver caches.

  https://store.opendns.com/setup/  Use the instructions here, only configuring different DNS. 

   

  If you like the idea of using OpenDNS, you may be able to register your own network at your Dashboard once the engineers free up your IP from whomever had registered it previously.

  Best wishes.

   

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  Anthony Honciano November 19, 2013 15:33

  Hello,

  We see that a support ticket was submitted to us on November 17th. 

  ]It seems you are trying to register an IP address block for your network. To help register your home network with OpenDNS, please do the following steps:

  1. Go to http://whatismyip.com and http://myip.dnsomatic.com and note your IP address.
  2. Log into your dashboard at https://dashboard.opendns.com/settings and delete the pending network.
  3. Using the IP address from step 1, enter your IP address into the field and create your new network.
  4. To ensure that OpenDNS is working properly for you, please flush your browser and DNS cache by following the instructions below:

  http://www.opendns.com/support/article/67
  http://www.opendns.com/support/article/68

  Let us know how this works for you.

  Best regards,

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