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parkerj
Jan 03, 2021Follower
trouble with OpenDNS
I've been using OpenDNS succesfully for several years with my Nighthawk R7800 (firmware: V1.0.2.78 (latest)). I had turned off OpenDNS during virtual school for various reasons and recently reenable...
antinode
Jan 03, 2021Guru
> I had turned off OpenDNS [...]
Where? How?
> [...] recently reenabled it [...]
Where? How?
> [...] my wireless router no longer uses the DNS entries I provide.
> [...]
How, exactly, did you reach this conclusion? The _router_ isn't, or
some web browser running on some computer/device isn't, or what,
exactly?
If a computer/device is configured to use some particulr real-world
DNS server(s), and not the router, then I would not expect the DNS
configuration of the router to affect it much. Similarly, a web browser
which uses "DNS over HTTPS" can bypass all local DNS settings.