Can't Configure OpenDNS with Windows 7 & Research Panel Router
Need Help! I have windows 7 and a Google Screenwise Panel Research Group router on my network. I can't seem to get OpenDNS to work. I have been paying for it for years and just realized it had quit working. I think it quit when we added the Research Group router.
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Is this this device where Google paying users to track 100% of their Web usage? Well, it's up to you to give up your privacy and maybe the opportunity to use a service like OpenDNS.
I'm not able to find a user manual for this box on the internet, so I cannot provide you with instructions how to configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses on it. You'll have to find it out yourself.
If the device cannot be configured this way, you still can configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses on your Windows 7 computer unless the Google box forces all DNS traffic to another (e.g. their own) DNS service.
To find out if you could OpenDNS at all with this box, execute this command:
nslookup -type=txt which.opendns.com. 208.67.220.220
If this returns "I am not an OpenDNS resolver", then this Google box hi-jacks all DNS traffic, and you are not able to use a 3rd party DNS service like OpenDNS with it.
If you use https://dnscrypt.org/ you may be able to circumvent this restriction, but it may violate Google's ToS.
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This looks good. You can configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses on your computer.
https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/228006987-Windows-7
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