Tip - Opendns don't work after the setup

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stefanos_941

Hello everyone. After some experimenting and failures i would like to share with you a small tip about setting up your dns in order to stop using the ISP dns. From my experience with my ISP and his cpe I find out that even if i have set mine dns for example opendns, my devices continue to use my ISP dns. As I did more experiments with other ISPs and their cpe I discover that the firmware that they run in cpes isn't optimized well or whatever. The solution to this is to use your own router. Connect it to the providers cpe and shutdown the wifi. Connect everything to your router. If you see that your dns requests get responds from your isp and not opendns then is router problem. Don't expect for firmware updates just go and buy a router yourself. That's what I did and I have the control on my network .Xiaomi 4A with openwrt. For the tests I blocked Facebook.com from opendns dashboard  and it worked like charm.

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    Reg Ham (Edited )

    Hello, 

     

    Another option is to make sure that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) allows secondary DNS resolution. If they do not do this as a standard practice ask if they can do this for you. If not you may want to change ISPs.

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    RachelGomez161999

    The “DNS server not responding” error message means that the DNS of the domain you want to reach is unavailable or your browser cannot connect to the internet. Possible fixes include restarting your router or modem, checking for network issues, and updating your browser.

     

    Regards,

    Rachel Gomez

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