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This is an old revision of ConfiguringYourComputer made by BrianKoontz on 2009-05-16 08:51:18.
Here are some basic instructions on configuring your personal computer to access the OpenNIC Top-Level Domains (TLDs). This page has, at the moment, instructions only for (in alphabetical order, to prevent religious arguments) BeOS, MacOS (with OpenTransport), a set that should work with most Unix and Unix-like systems and Windows 98/NT/2K. If you've configured a different operating system to use OpenDNS, please add it to this page.
General Information
If your ISP or network administrator, for some reason, refuses to add support for OpenDNS to your network's own name servers, OpenNIC is collecting volunteers who make their OpenDNS name servers available for anyone who needs to use them.
Note 1: In any place in the information below where you would normally see an IP number, those numbers have been replaced with a link to the page of Public Name Servers. Please see this list to choose the appropriate server for your use.
Note 2: Since most operating systems will use the DNS servers in the order in which it lists them, it is important that you put the OpenNIC servers first if you will be including non-OpenNIC servers in your list as well. This will guarantee that lookup attempts will go to the OpenNIC system before the ICANN (or other) system, and will thus resolve OpenNIC names correctly.
BeOS
- Select on BeOS menu->Preferences->Network
- Change the "Primary DNS:" entry to [Tier 2 server IP number]
- Change the "Secondary DNS:" entry to [Tier 2 server IP number]
- Click on the Save button
- You must restart Networking to activate the change
MacOS (with OpenTransport)
- Select on Apple menu->Control Panels->TCP/IP
- add [Tier 2 server IP address] to the Name Server addr. column
- Close the Control Panel, and accept Saving the changes
Mac OSX
- Apple menu -> System Preferences... -> Network
- Show dropdown: Select either "Built-in Ethernet" or "AirPort" depending on type of network connection
- Click TCP/IP button
- Enter one or more Tier 2 server IP addresses in "DNS Servers" textarea (separate each with Enter)
- Select "Apply Now"
Unix and Unix-like Operating Systems
This includes most of the straight Unixes (like SunOS and Solaris) as well as their Free Software/Open Source cousins (such as Linux, GNU/Linux, and the *BSDs).
- Log on as, or su to, the root account
- Open your resolver config file (usually "/etc/resolv.conf") in your preferred editor
- Remove, or comment out with a "#" at the beginning of the line, all lines beginning with "nameserver"
- Add the following lines (you may have from 1 to 3 name servers specified in this file):
nameserver [Tier 2 server IP number]
nameserver [Tier 2 server IP number]
nameserver [Tier 2 server IP number]
- Save and exit; it should work at this point
Windows 98/NT/2K
- Click on Start menu->Settings->Control Panel
- Click on Network
- Select TCP/IP and click Properties
- Click on the DNS Configuration tab
- Add [Tier 2 server IP number] to the DNS server search order
- DO NOT check/enable any feature to register your name to the name server !!!
-- There is a checkbox at the bottom of the advanced settings of the TPC/IP protocols's properties (w2k).
- Press OK twice, and when asked to reboot,
- reboot
Windows XP SP1/2/3
- Click Start / Control Panel / Network Connections / Wireless Network Connection.
- Click "Properties" on the General tab.
- Scroll the list of connection services/protocols to "Internet Protocol (TCP/ID)."
- DO NOT check or uncheck any of the boxes, just SELECT that item and click "Properties".
- If it is not already selected, Select the radio box for "Use the following DNS server addresses:"
- Enter the IP address of the PREFERRED and/or the Alternate DNS Server from this DNS LIST. (Open this in a new tab or window)
Alternatively, you may click the "Advanced" button and enter the one or more DNS IP addresses from the DNS List. This allows you to re-arrange the order of search (preferred is top position, alternates are lower). NOTE: Using more than two DNS IP addresses here <b>will</b> work, but your page may not appear immediately due to longer search paths.
- Click OK and you're set. You may need to reboot to make these changes take effect, but most configurations will recognise them immediately.
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
- Open your ndb database file (usually "/lib/ndb/local") in your preferred editor
- Remove, or comment out with a "#" at the beginning of the line, all lines beginning with "dns="
- Add the following entries to the appropriate record (you may have any number of servers specified):
dns=[Tier 2 server IP number]
dns=[Tier 2 server IP number]
dns=[Tier 2 server IP number]
