Enjoy a Faster and Safer Internet.
What if you could connect to the internet and be warned about sites that may harm your computer, or block site categories such as illegal gaming, porn, or “time wasters”? What if you could also block individual websites, view usage reports, and connect to websites faster? Well, a free service does exist that does all the above and more.
OpenDNS is a service that routes all the DNS requests from your network instead of using the service that your ISP provides. Setup is very easy to do and can be accomplished in less than 5 minutes.
To get started go to www.opendns.com and register for a free account. This is very simple and straightforward, the second step is the most complex part of this process.
After you have registered you need to log into your router and change the Static DNS 1 and Static DNS 2 to the ip addresses provided which are 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. Save your new settings and you are done. During the sign up process you can review instructions on how to do this with your specific router.
You may find that some sites you visit are now being blocked but you can easily go into the Dashboard at the opendns.com site and make changes until you find a good balance.
OpenDNS can be found on the web at http://www.opendns.com/
I have heard about this and i’m going to try it out instead of net nanny. there are a lot of websites i do not want my kids visiting. thanks for the tip.
cool