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Originally Posted by bonacker
I was very interested and concerned when I read that you couldn't specify your own DNS. I checked with my Fires, and I found that I could enter OpenDNS, and it seems to persist after a reboot. The most recent OS I was able to try it on was 6.3.1.2. Does the problem only occur on more recent OSes?
It was a little tricky to enter my own DNS. Google's 8.8.8.8 was pre-entered. When I backspaced to delete it, the whole IP popped back as soon as I deleted the final 8.
The fix was to not delete the final 8 and then enter the first part of OpenDNS, so you have 8.208.67. Then you can delete the left-most 8 with the 208.67 remaining. Then add the 222.222. It gets saved and persists through a reboot. I entered a non-existent DNS to test if it is ignoring the customer entered DNS. Addresses were then not resolved proving that it does use the customer entered DNS.
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My experience was slightly different . Go to wireless advanced, modify... Set static IP. Ok.set end. I can type in both open end values but then Google is immediately appended ( as soon as you leave the field and return to network details screen)so I have 3 values.
See here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8...g-dns-t4008907
Test
I go to taboola.com, blocked in my opendns filters and it still appears. Same with outbrain.com
My test is to block a site or a category in opendns filters then see if it stays blocked.
NB I cannot edit my router DNS. Locked by my ISP, virginmedia