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Title: Using DIR-655 with OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic
Post by: ceed on July 26, 2010, 06:35:56 AM

Hi,

Using the DIR-655 with OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic is a great way to increase your Internet browsing speed and use other features offered by OpenDNS. I use their content filtering making sure my kids can't get to inappropriate sites.

The DIR-655 can take care of this directly using the Dynamic DNS settings. Otherwise you would have to run a client on one of your computers in your network to update DNS-O-Matic when your IP changes.

Set the router to use OpenDNS in the DNS fields on the WAN settings page.  Set up a DNS-O-Matic (https://www.dnsomatic.com/) account and add a service for OpenDNS, Finally under Dynamic DNS on the router set the following:

Server Address: updates.dnsomatic.com
Host Name: all.dnsomatic.com
Username or Key: Your user name
Password or Key: Your password
Verify Password or Key: Your password again
Timeout:  576

After you have saved the settings make sure you get a "connected" status message on the Dynamic DNS page.

Title: Re: Using DIR-655 with OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic
Post by: HighSierra on July 28, 2010, 08:26:32 AM

Thanks for this.

Title: Re: Using DIR-655 with OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic
Post by: Dalmo on July 30, 2010, 10:20:32 AM

Quote from: HighSierra on July 28, 2010, 08:26:32 AM

Thanks for this.

great thank you


Dalmo

Title: Re: Using DIR-655 with OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic
Post by: Dalmo on August 03, 2010, 10:26:50 AM

it slowed me down had to turn off?




Dalmo

Title: Re: Using DIR-655 with OpenDNS and DNS-O-Matic
Post by: brooke71 on August 03, 2010, 10:37:17 AM

This is great but can you please tell me where the Host Name "all.dnsomatic.com" came from?  Is this from DNS-O-Matic?

Thank you!