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Configuring Home Network With OpenDNS http://opendns.com

Configuring Home Network With OpenDNS http://opendns.com. What is OpenDNS ? http://opendns.com. Since 2005, world's most loved and trusted DNS service. Fixed focus on making the Internet a better & safer place.

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Configuring Home Network With OpenDNS http://opendns.com

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  1. Configuring Home Network With OpenDNShttp://opendns.com

  2. What is OpenDNS?http://opendns.com • Since 2005, world's most loved and trusted DNS service. • Fixed focus on making the Internet a better & safer place. • Global community of technologists, security gurus, academics, parents and generally invested people who share our mission.

  3. Who’s OpenDNS? David Ulevitch, Founder & CEO Internet security expert started OpenDNS in 2005 after identifying a need for a better performing, more secure DNS service than what was previously available to network administrators. Dan Hubbard, Chief Technology Officer.

  4. Why switch to OpenDNS? • A faster Internet • Won’t have to worry about unreachable websites and DNS outages from your ISP. • Robust Web content filtering • Over 50 customizable filtering categories keeping children (& adults) safe. • Phishing protection • Blocks phishing websites that try to steal your identity and login information by pretending to be a legitimate website.

  5. Protection covers entire home networkComputers, gaming consoles, mobile devices and more. • Only Internet parental controls solution that empowers parents to manage Web access across EVERYdevice that accesses the Internet on your home network. • E.g. phones and computers that your kids' friends bring into the house. • Single most effective Internet parental controls solution available.

  6. Step 1: Decide on service level. • Pre-configured to block adult websites across your Internet connection. • Customizable security and web content filtering. • Gives detailed charts about websites being visited on your home network. • Premium customer support

  7. Step 2: Choose Where to setup OpenDNS

  8. Step 3: Obtain OpenDNS IP addresses.

  9. Step 4: Choose router model.

  10. Step 5: Update router’s DNS configuration page.Example (1): 2WIRE

  11. Update router’s DNS configuration page.Example (2): Motorola

  12. Update router’s DNS configuration page.Example (3): Netgear

  13. Step 5: Flash computer’s DNS cache.

  14. Step 6: Delete computer’s browser cache.

  15. Step 7: Configure web filtering categories

  16. Step 8: Install IP updaterhttp://www.opendns.com/support/article/61 • It automates the discovery and registration of a network's IP address to your OpenDNSaccount whenever the IP address should change. • Most home networks are configured by ISP’s to use dynamic IP addresses. • Log into the OpenDNS Dashboard and select the network on the Home or Settings tab. • Choose Advanced Settings, navigate to the Dynamic IP Update section, select Enable... and Apply your setting. • Download an OpenDNS Dynamic IP Updater onto at least one computer in the network, according to these guidelines: • The computer should always be ON. • The computer should not be accessible by children or young adults who may be savvy enough to turn off the updater software.

  17. May use NetGear routers (integrated with OpenDNS). • NetGear routers come integrated with OpenDNS via a feature called Parental Controls Center. • NG routers will automatically register your home network with OpenDNS without the need for an IP updater or an always-on computer. • This feature allows user to configure web filtering & security from any internet connected computer in the world.

  18. Step 9: Test configuration

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