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Checkers
Aspirant
Sep 23, 2015

Unable to create a free OpenDNS account

I am currently trying to open a free OpenDNS account on Netgear Genie.  I am using a Netgear R6100 router, and setting up the  new account on Mac OS 10.10.5.  My problem is after I enter my username,...
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irvicky
Aspirant
Oct 01, 2015

Fullfilled all requirements for password but still will not let me create the DNS account.  Any suggestions?

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bagel123
Initiate
Oct 01, 2015

I had the same problem using an 11 character password with one upper case, multiple lower case, some numerics and a special character. This didn't work. I then added  more characters to make it a 15 character password ..... and that worked.

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    Stacy8765
    Aspirant
    Oct 03, 2015

    I had to make my password 15 characters long (with all of the other requirements too)!  Crazy!  Thanks for the tip!