opendns vs netgearopendns - pick one or the other ONLY.

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face_de_ace

April 14, 2016 19:58

I think I am having a multitude of overlaps or conflicts between my OPENDNS and the NETGEAROPENDNS.  

On testing various pages, I am finding the filtering results are very inconsistent.  I can still access websites that should be blocked.  And sometimes the sites I should be able to get to are blocked.

Comparing the dashboards between the main opendns and the netgeardns pages, I prefer the extra features of the standard opendns home account.  So, I want to drop the netgeardns and use ONLY the openDNS home.  How do I do that?

PS - my router is a NetGear R6400 .. NICE unit.  But this opendns / LPC dual clashing filtering thing is frustrating.

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  face_de_ace April 14, 2016 20:08

  I seems to me that turning the only thing that netgear live parental controls on or off does is change the DNS server numbers on the router between my ISP and the OPENDNS server.  That is fine.  However, once I go onto OPENDNS there is both my main home dashboard and then there is this separate netgeardns dashboard I can goto.  The both have similar filtering settings in them.  However, my main dashboard is more useful.  How do I delete/eliminate the separate netgearDNS stuff from my account.   I want to just change the DNS server settings on my router myself manually, and control the filtering in my main dashboard on opendns.  The netgear stuff seems to just add layering that overlaps and clashes ... so I really have no consistent controls over what filtering settings are active.   Frustrating, two separates trying to do the same thing on the same system.

   

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  rotblitz April 15, 2016 09:57

  "pick one or the other ONLY"

  Yes, we really all know.  This has been said at every occasion here, many many times.  Again and again, these two services are incompatible.
   

  If you want to use "normal" OpenDNS Home:

  • Disable LPC on the router with e.g. Netgear Genie.
  • Configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses on the router: https://support.opendns.com/entries/42423390
  • Configure your dashboard at https://dashboard.opendns.com/settings/
  • Run an update client.

  If you want to use Live Parental Controls powered by OpenDNS

  • Delete the dashboard network at https://dashboard.opendns.com/settings/
  • Do not run an update client.
  • Enable LPC on the router: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25687/
  • Your dashboard is only at https://netgear.opendns.com/ now.

  It's your choice!

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  face_de_ace April 15, 2016 17:30

  Excellent.  Thank you for the very clear explanation and simple instruction on how to properly setup once decided on one OR the other.  two thumbs up!

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