OpenDNS offers an alternative your ISP's/organization's own DNS servers. Both business- and consumer-grade services are available for any budget.

Using OpenDNS servers to perform your DNS resolutions can have many benefits, depending on the plan you choose:

• Built-in protection to filter out malicious phishing & malware domains
• Parental controls that protect every device in your home, instantly
• Customizable or pre-configured content filtering, for example, adult content
• Retention the past year of internet stats
• Restrict Internet access to specific allowed domains for a “locked-down” environment

Configuring FreshTomato for OpenDNS is simple, and can be completed in just a few steps.

1. Go to the Network menu
2. In the DNS Server dropdown, select Manual.
3. Enter the two OpenDNS server addresses into the DNS1 and DNS2 fields.
4. Click Save.

Your FreshTomato router should now be using OpenDNS for DNS resolution.

You can test this by using the nslookup command, or by using OpenDNS' test page: OpenDNS Test Page