Faster and Safer Web Browsing With OpenDNS

When your computer searches for a website such as www.google.com it uses your ISP’s DNS servers to change the name google.com into an IP address. Some ISP’s DNS servers are slow and don’t provide any extra functionality.

OpenDNS allows for faster web browsing and provides extra services like blocking pornography and know fishing and advertising websites. OpenDNS is used by many well known companies

Instructions

Changing DNS to OpenDNS

  • In 7 and Vista Open the start menu and type ncpa.cpl in the search box. In Windows XP Click on the Start Button, click Run and then type in ncpa.cpl
  • Right click on the network connect you use for the internet and select properties
  • Select the TCP/IP settings and click properties
IP Config
  • On the properties screen, select Use the following DNS server addresses and then type in 208.67.222.222 in the preferred and 208.67.220.220 in the alternate boxes.
DNS
  • Hit OK twice and you are finished.

Signup for more features

  • Parental Controls
    Keeping your family safe online has never been easier. OpenDNS gives you more than 50 filtering categories to choose from. Simply check the boxes of the categories you want to block and watch your filtering take effect within minutes.
  • Faster, More Reliable Internet
    Rid your household of annoying, intermittent Internet outages. Switch to OpenDNS and immediately notice a faster, more reliable Internet experience. Join the millions who’ve already unbundled their DNS service from their ISP’s Internet connection.
  • Phishing Protection
    Take the guesswork out of identifying phishing Web sites with OpenDNS’s industry-leading anti-phishing service. We’ll tell you when the site you’re trying to visit is fraudulent.

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