Can't change DNS on router/ISP won't allow 3rd party DNS providers
I would like to use OpenDNS, but ran into trouble. Ideally, I would like to use OpenDNS at the router level so all devices connected to my network will be filtered.
I can't change the DNS settings for my router (ISP provided). I next tried to change the configurations on my desktop computer to see if I could get it to work that way. After many attempts, I think the problem is that my ISP will not allow 3rd party DNS providers (I ran the test suggested by OpenDNS).
Will getting a new router allow me to use OpenDNS, or will I still have trouble if my ISP does not allow 3rd party DNS providers?
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If your ISP is hi-hacking/redirecting your DNS traffic, then another router alone (instead or in addition) will not help. The command for testing ISP DNS hi-jacking is:
nslookup -type=txt which.opendns.com. 208.67.220.220
If this returns "I am not an OpenDNS resolver", then your DNS traffic is hi-jacked, else not.
However, you can try to circumvent this ISP restriction by using https://dnscrypt.org/
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