configuring a computer with opendns agent
Hi,
I bought a new computer for home, and I don't know what I need to configure in it for using opendns.
I.e., I installed the Windows agent, and at the same time I configured opendns' IP's in the network configuration. Is it really necessary to configure both things, or I'd just need the Windows agent without add opendns's dns?
And besides that, is it possible to configure opendns using Windows agent, in more than one computer in my home local network? Because I already have a other computer configured with opendns Windows agent in my home local network...
Thank you for your help.
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I should also mention:
"is it possible to configure opendns ... in more than one computer in my home local network?"
If you configured the OpenDNS resolver addresses on your router (or internal DNS server), and the end user devices do not have other resolver addresses manually configured, then all your end user devices should use OpenDNS. In case you configured the OpenDNS resolver addresses only on certain end user devices, then only those devices will use OpenDNS.
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Thank you for your help Rotblitz.
I understand what you're meaning with the "updater". In my particular case, I have a notebook with Windows 8, with 2 user configured. So, in the local network configuration (not wi-fi) I'm using as dns the opendns's dns.
I also know that for each wi-fi network I will use I'll need to configure the network dns in order to use opendns' dns.
And I have installed the updater for both Windows users, too. But now you say this is not gonna work...
But if I install the updater you propose, is it gonna work? I.e., is this "marcs updater" gonna send the dynamic IP to opendns servers?Thank you again.
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"I also know that for each wi-fi network I will use I'll need to configure the network dns in order to use opendns' dns."
This is not really true. You possibly could configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses on your router, covering all devices and connection modes, wireless and wired.
"And I have installed the updater for both Windows users, too. But now you say this is not gonna work."
If you have installed the OpenDNS Updater separately under each Windows user, then you should be fine. This should work.
"But if I install the updater you propose, is it gonna work? I.e., is this "marcs updater" gonna send the dynamic IP to opendns servers?"
Yes, this would work too.
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"This is not really true. You possibly could configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses on your router, covering all devices and connection modes, wireless and wired."
Yes, I know it. But I'm talking about the situation where the notebook is connected to other wifi, outside home, for example. Because in home I allways will have just two networks: wifi and wired network. And so, I can configure both of their dns to use opendns' dns. The problem start when the notebook is connected to a-friend-wifi :)
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I see. You must not run an Updater outside your network, else your home network is associated with the wrong IP address, and registering someone else's IP address may cause troubles for users in the other network.
You can use Marc's Updater which allows to restrict updates to certain LANs and WLAN SSIDs.
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"configuring a computer with opendns agent"
There is no "OpenDNS Agent". This is just an Updater to keep your dynamic IP address information updated at OpenDNS, so that OpenDNS can associate your DNS queries with your settings. That's all.
"I installed the Windows agent, and at the same time I configured opendns' IP's in the network configuration."
You made the last step before the first one. You first must configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses to use OpenDNS at all. Only if you have a dynamic IP address, you need to run an Updater, the OpenDNS one or another being able to update OpenDNS in some way.
"I don't know what I need to configure in it for using opendns."
Your clear starting point is here: https://store.opendns.com/start/
"is it possible to configure opendns using Windows agent, in more than one computer in my home local network?"
It is not possible to use the Updater to configure OpenDNS. The Updater should be installed on computers which are almost switched on to timely follow the changes of your dynamic IP address. It must not be used on roaming devices outside your network.
The OpenDNS Updater runs only if the user having installed it is logged in. If you have multiple user accounts on Windows computers or want updates taking place also if nobody is logged in on the computers, you'll want to use a different Updater which doesn't have these restrictions, e.g. http://updater.marc-hoersken.de/ or an Updater built-in in some routers.
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