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OpenDNS on FreshTomato

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


You can setup OpenDNS on FreshTomato in just a few steps.

First, configure the settings:

  1. Go to the Network menu
  2. In the DNS Server dropdown, select Manual.
  3. Enter the two OpenDNS server addresses (208.67.222.22 and 208.67.220.220) into the DNS1 and DNS2 fields.
  4. Click Save. Your settings should now look like this:
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  6. Flush your DNS resolver cache to ensure that your new DNS configuration settings take immediate effect.

Your FreshTomato router should now be using OpenDNS for DNS resolution. You can test this using the nslookup command, or by using OpenDNS' test page: OpenDNS Test Page

The features available to you will depend on which plan you signed up for.



opendns_on_tomato.1687901156.txt.gz · Last modified: 2023/06/27 22:25 by hogwild