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Routers

  1. Go to http://192.168.1.1
  2. If you have set a username and password then enter these details now. Standard is admin/admin
  3. Choose DHCP in the left menu and then DHCP Settings.
  4. Set Primary DNS to [sign-up to get this number]
  5. Set Secondary DNS to [sign-up to get this number]
  6. Click the Save button.
  7. Restart the router and connected devices.

Tomato

  1. Log in to your router http://192.168.1.1 – default username and password is root/admin
  2. Under Basic select Network
  3. Find the Static DNS Settings
  4. Static DNS1: [sign-up to get this number]
  5. Static DNS2: [sign-up to get this number]
  6. Static DNS3: 0.0.0.0
  7. Save settings
  8. Go to Advanced > DHCP/DNS
  9. Uncheck Use received DNS with user-entered DNS
  10. Check Use internal DNS
  11. Save and restart

Siemens

  1. First login to the routers admin interface. Please see the routers manual.
  2. Open “Advanced Settings”
  3. Find “Local Network” left and select “Client Address Allocation”
  4. Set Primary Server [sign-up to get this number] & Secondary to [sign-up to get this number]
  5. Restart the router

Netgear

If your Netgear router has parental control you will have to disable it. Otherwise your router will use OpenDNS server instead of ours and you will continue to get only local content.

  1. Go to either http://192.168.0.1, http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.2.1 depending of your setup.
  2. Log in with username and password. If you have not changed this info then the default is admin/password
  3. Choose Setup and go to Basic Settings
  4. Input [sign-up to get this number] under DNS
  5. Click Apply and restart devices connected to the router.
  1. Open your browser and type in http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 depending on what model you have.
  2. Log into your router. If you have not set a new username and password the default is most likely admin/admin
  3. Click on Manual Internet Connection Setup button
  4. Fill in DNS servers [sign-up to get this number]
  5. Save the settings
  6. Restart router

DD-WRT

  1. Go to http://192.168.1.1
  2. Log in to your router. Default user info for DD-WRT is root/admin
  3. Go to Setup > Basic Setup > Network Setup > Network Address Server Settings (DHCP)
  4. Set DNS to [sign-up to get this number]
  5. Click Apply Settings
  6. Go to Services > Services > Services Management > DNSMasq > Additional DNSMasq Options and enter the following in the text box: strict-order
  7. Click Apply Settings
  8. Restart connected devices

Cisco

  1. Open your browser and go to either http://192.168.1.1, http://192.168.0.1 , http://192.168.2.1
  2. Log into your router. If you have not set a new username and password then leave the username blank and use admin as password
  3. Choose Basic Setup
  4. Make sure Enable DHCP is selected
  5. Fill in DNS servers [sign-up to get this number]
  6. Save the settings
  7. Restart router

Belkin

  1. Open the default address http://192.168.2.1 (you address might differ)
  2. Normally Belkin will ship routers with no username or password. If there is a username it’s admin
  3. Click DNS on the left hand side
  4. You might be asked for password again – leave blank if you have no password
  5. Uncheck Automatic from ISP
  6. Enter [sign-up to get this number] and [sign-up to get this number] for the secodary in the DNS fields
  7. Click Apply Changes
  8. Restart router and connected devices

Asus

  1. Connect to the router by going to http://192.168.1.1 in your browser.
  2. Login into the router – use admin/admin if you have not changed the password or username before.
  3. On the left hand side scroll down to WAN and click it.
  4. Scroll down to WAN DNS Setting.
  5. Select No for Connect to DNS Server automatically?
  6. Under DNS Server1 input: [sign-up to get this number]
  7. Under DNS Server2 [sign-up to get this number]
  8. Scroll down and click Apply.

Airport Express

Please make sure your Airport Express is not set to bridge mode as DNS changes will not work. Instead set DNS on your main router or remove bridge mode.

  1. Open Airport Utility found in Applications > Utilities
  2. Select the Airport Express from the menu and click edit
  3. Select the Internet Tab
  4. In DNS servers input [sign-up to get this number] and secodary to [sign-up to get this number]
  5. Click update and wait for the Airport Express to restart
  6. Restart the devices connected to the Airport Express that you want to use

Airport Extreme

Please make sure your Airport Extreme is not set to bridge mode as DNS changes will not work. Instead set DNS on your main router or remove bridge mode.

  1. Open Airport Utility found in Applications > Utilities
  2. Select the Airport Extreme from the menu and click edit
  3. Select the Internet Tab
  4. In DNS servers input [sign-up to get this number] and secondary to [sign-up to get this number]
  5. Click update and wait for the Airport Extreme to restart
  6. Restart the devices connected to the Airport Extreme that you want to use

2Wire

  1. First you need to access the routers admin page by either going to http://home/ or http://172.16.0.1/ or http://192.168.2.1/
  2. Then click Broadband Link
    Then click Advanced Settings
  3. Select Manually Configure Your DNS Information and input Primary Server [sign-up to get this number] and Secondary as [sign-up to get this number]
  4. Click Save
  5. Restart the router and any device connected to it.

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