Greetings,
DNS stands for "Directory Name Server" and has nothing to do with your
router. "OPEN" is just the name of a server, and there are lots of DNS
units throughout the world.
The primary ip address for OPEN is 208.67.222.222 and the secondary ip
address is 208.67.220.220
The purpose of a DNS is to translate words/names i.e. www.myhome.com into a
ip address because the internet really locates URL's through an ip address.
Using a Mac open "System Preferences" then open "Network" and when that
opens you will see information relating to the internet that your system is
using. There should be, if you are using a local router a statement of IP
Address: 192.168.1.x and a Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Next there should be, Router: 192.168.1.1 and the next item is DNS Server:
8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 (which is Googles DNS address that I'm using.)
The specified DNS can be changed (which is another subject) however the DNS
is by default set by your internet provider.
The default DNS can be reset by reseting your internet box.
Cheers
Harry
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On Sunday, April 28, 2013 11:37:36 AM UTC-7, Sky King wrote:
>
> I came home from a trip, turned on my computer, and found that I am now
> blocked from certain favorite web sites. I am taken to a page at "
> www.blocked-website.com" which tells me, for example, "Sorry, but (site)
> is blocked on this network. This site was categorized in (category).
> Contact your network administrator." Underneath this message it says
> "Powered by OpenDNS."
>
> OpenDNS appears to be legitimate, offering parental controls, but there
> are no children in this household, and I do not use their services. There
> are only two computers in the house, my Mac and my wife's PC, both
> connected to the Internet via a router. Neither have parental controls
> activated.
>
> I contacted my provider, Verizon, and they maintain that nothing has
> changed with them and that the problem is in my computer.
>
> Computer is a dual 1.25 GHz MDD PowerPC G4 running OSX 10.5.8. Browser is
> Safari 5.0.6.
>
> What goes on here?
>
>
> Michael McMurtrey
> Carrollton, TX
>
>
>
>
>
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