Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
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Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 11:40 AM
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I suggested switching over to use OpenDNS, as they can block access to site categories..
However it turns out they have Thomson TG585v7 Plusnet supplied router, and it seems (I may be wrong, as I haven't seen it in person), that you can't select manual DNS servers, you can only use Plusnets.
Is this true? Is there any way to override this in the router config?
Clearly they don't want to be manually putting OpenDNS settings into each network device, as a 10yr old can easilly set it back to "auto" and get Plusnets unfiltered DNS servers again... (defeating the point).
Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 11:46 AM
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You can do this, but you have to do it via Telnet.
There's a post from a while back on this somewhere, I'll dig it out.
Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 11:51 AM
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save you some leg work mand
Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 11:53 AM
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Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 12:10 PM
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However the example seems to only have a single DNS server. How does this relate to primary and secondary?
Do you set the primary one as metric=1 an the secondary one as metric=2 ?
Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 12:17 PM
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Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 12:21 PM
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Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 12:23 PM
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That is correct
Quote from: mgillespie Thanks. That's mostly clear enough.
However the example seems to only have a single DNS server. How does this relate to primary and secondary?
Do you set the primary one as metric=1 an the secondary one as metric=2 ?
Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 12:23 PM
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Quote from: mgillespie As explained, this is a poor choice, as a slightly smart 10yr old will switch their DS/PSP back to "auto" and have the whole internet open to them again....
... and they can just as easily change the auto to any unfiltered DNS server!
You'd have to also block DNS requests going out on to the internet - but I suspect that may mess up other things.
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Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 12:27 PM
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Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 12:32 PM
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Re: Plusnet/Thomson TG585v7 router and OpenDNS
15-06-2010 12:52 PM
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Doesn't mean you shouldn't try your best to thwart them though.
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