If your ISP is having issues with its DNS service, switching to OpenDNS' DNS will get you back online in just a few quick steps. Follow the instructions for your operating system or router below.

If you have friends, family, or colleagues who have the same ISP as you, send them this info to help them get back online. Text them or call them with the IP address. Or, tell your Twitter followers that they can get back online by following the instructions on. Tweet @OpenDNS for assistance getting set up. Where will you be setting up OpenDNS?.

Mac OS X. Go to System Preferences. Click on Network. Select the first connection in your list and click Advanced.

Select the DNS tab and add 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 to the list of DNS servers. Click OK Windows 10. Open the Control Panel.

Click Network and Internet. Click Network and Sharing Center.

On the left pane, click Change adapter settings. Right-click the network interface connected to the internet, then click Properties. Choose Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Click Properties.

Click Use the following DNS server addresses. Click Advanced. Enter 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 in the DNS server fields. Click OK, then click Close. Windows 7.

Click the Start Orb, then select Control Panel. Click on Network and Sharing Center.

Click on your primary connection or Local Area Connection under Active Networks. Click the Properties button. Windows 7 may prompt you for permission to make network setting changes.

Highlight 'Internet Protocol Version 4' and click Properties. Click the radio button 'Use the following DNS server addresses:' and type 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields. Click OK button, then the Close button, then Close again. Finally, close the Network and Sharing Center window. At this point, we highly suggest that you flush your DNS resolver cache and web browser caches to ensure that your new configuration settings take effect. Windows XP.

Select Control Panel from the Start menu. Click Network Connections from the Control Panel choices.

Choose your connection from the Network Connections window. Gigaware 2503584 driver. If you have more than one, choose your default/current connection. Click Properties button. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Click the radio button Use the following DNS server addresses and type 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields.

Click OK Windows Vista. Click the Start Orb, then select Control Panel. Click on View network status and tasks. Click on View status. Click the Properties button. Vista may ask for your permission to make changes.

If so, click the Continue button. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click the Properties button. Click the radio button 'Use the following DNS server addresses:' and type in OpenDNS addresses, 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220, in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields. Click the OK button, then the Close button, and the Close button again.

Close the Network and Sharing Center window. Generic Router. Open the preferences for your router. Often, the preferences are set in your web browser, via a URL with numbers (example: ). You may need a password.

If you're like us, and you set the router password long ago and cannot remember it now, you can often reset the password to the manufacturer default by pressing a button on the router itself. Or preferences may be set via specific application for your router, which you installed on your computer when you added the router. Find the DNS server settings. Scan for the letters DNS next to a field which allows two or three sets of numbers, each broken into four groups of one to three numbers.

Put in the OpenDNS server addresses, 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220, as your DNS server settings and save/apply. Linksys Router. Visit the router's IP address in a new browser window. Is the default Linksys router IP address. Enter the Network password.

The 'Enter Network Password' window will appear. Skip user name and type the router's password (admin is the default password, if you haven't changed it) and click the OK button. Type in OpenDNS addresses, 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220, in Static DNS 1 and Static DNS 2 fields.

Click Save Settings button. Netgear Router.

Type the router's setup URL (, or ) into a web browser address bar. Is the default Netgear router IP address. Enter the password. Type in OpenDNS addresses, 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220, in Primary DNS and Secondary DNS fields.

Click Apply button. Wait for the settings to be updated. D-Link Router. Visit the router's IP address in a new browser window. If you are attempting to configure a D-Link router, take note of your computer's Default Gateway IP address. The Default Gateway is the IP address of the D-Link router.

By default, it should be 192.168.0.1. Most D-Link devices use the 192.168.0.X range. Enter the router password. Note: if you have not changed the original settings, the default username is admin and the password is blank (nothing).

Click on the Manual Internet Connection Setup button at the bottom. Enter the OpenDNS addresses, 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220, in Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server fields.

Click Save Settings button at the top.

My son is running a WNDR-3700v3 router behind a Motorola 6812 Cable Modem on Cox Cable internet. He uses three Macs running OSX on his home network. Recently, the DNS servers in his router have been repeatedly hacked and changed to, for example, 199.182.166.168.

The result is incessant popups and redirects to inappropriate sites. I have fixed the settings, both by changing the DNS servers to the OpenDNS servers, and by re-checking 'obtain from Internet Provider'. Both fix the problems for a day or two, but the popups return, and sure enough, on logging into the router, the name servers have been changed again. This HAS been documented recently, and is not limited to the WNDR3700. It clearly represents a router firmware vulnerability, however, allowing some sort of malware to access router settings without an appropriate password. Remarkably, I opened a tech support ticket to advise Netgear of this, and the reply was that I don't qualify for free support!

One would hope they would be more concerned about their product, let alone grateful. I did have Remote Administration enabled, with a VERY secure password. I have changed the port for remote access, so we'll see if that helps.

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I need the access, as my son doesn't know how to work on the router. Anyone else having this issue recently? Netgear, firmware fix? WHY - since you have the router set to obtain it's DNS servers from the ISP are you assuming that the router has been 'hacked'? By setting the router to automatically obtain those settings you create a situation where the DNS settings can be changed from the ISP end. Have you brought this to the ISP's attention? Have you tried manually setting the DNS servers (try 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4 - these are Google's public DNS servers) and leaving them set manually?

If not try that and see if the settings still 'change themselves'. When I first logged into my son's Router, 'Get Name Servers From ISP' was NOT checked (though by default it is, and I presume, was previously). I replaced the servers with the OpenDNS server IP addresses, and left 'Get From ISP' UNchecked.

The servers were changed again two days later. The name servers that then (see previous post) appeared were definitely sited as poisoned DNS servers causing spamming and redirects when I googled them. This time I CHECKED the 'Get From ISP' box, and got the same name servers that my own PC has and has had (we have the same ISP). I also, as mentioned, changed the Remote Admin access port from the standard 8080. As of this morning, name servers are still good. So clearly NOT related to the ISP changing - that setting was unchecked, and my own name servers have been constant. What do you think?

Changing from Fixed IP to DHCP should pose no risk at all. Simply resetting the router would cause this change. Netgear routers can usually be changed via the LAN side without passwords if you know what your doing (I don't think it should be this way, but eh). I cant see NG changing this any time soon but perhaps they will. The only reason I bring that up is because changes like this are often due to exploits where the attacker is launching the attack through a pc on the network, be it something simple like CSS, or other more exotic exploits.

If this has happened to you then I would first reset the router, THEN, look on each pc and see if any of them have those DNS servers set in as hard values. My guess is that a lot of you should find a infected PC on the network. If you use POP3 email then I would also advise you change your email passwords, as it is POSSIBLE that your email logins may have been proxied off and passwords caught. Wilblake wrote: Same problem with N450 router after firmware update. ISP servce from Comcast, Zooom cable modem.

I changed the DNS to use Google, and disabled remote administration. Will consider firmware change to DD-WRT. Netgear Support has not proved very useful so far. Actually the router was the N750 running firmware recently upgraded 1.0.2.49.1.86. Remote administration on the router seems the most likely cause of the change to the DNS server settings. Similar incidents reside on support forums for apple, google, and other platforms.

Since correcting the DNS server and disabling remote administration, network desktop clients appear free from malware and their DNS servers remain valid. Internet searches reveal many articles on vulnerability of the remote administration interface on routers from Netgear, DLink, and other sources. I have the same problem. I have a Linksys e3000 router and I too get the popups on all of my devices. The biggest problem is that I am unable to connect to the Playstation Network from either my PS3 nor my PS4. This is what led me to believe that I had a router problem.

My DNS servers address was changed to 199.182.166.168 and 199.182.166.169 I called Time Warner Cable and they said that these DNS servers were valid.I really don't believe that though. I do not have remote access enabled.

I do need to change my password to something different. I will wipe the router tonight and set everything back to factory and see if I have any luck. I don't know if my router was hacked or what but about a month ago I started having problems getting on the internet after 4:30pm!

I tried unplugging the power on the router, also using the reset button but nothing works! Now it is a regular thing! Every evening, no internet connection until the morning! I am usually on my MacBook Pro when this happens so I tried my iPad and I get a connection no problem. I too, tried to use the Netgear support and got very frustrated because of the 'no free help after 90 days' etc. Now here's the extra sucky part, I am so clueless when it comes to understanding all the 'alphabet related' choices, DCHP, DNS, SSID, etc that I do not know what to change or what not to change! My hubby is directly connected with the Ethernet cable so it's just me and my Macbook and iPad connected wireless to the router.

The thing that makes me think I have been hacked is that this only happens in the evening. Like when someone gets home from work!:-P Any ideas? My hubby is directly connected with the Ethernet cable so it's just me and my Macbook and iPad connected wireless to the router.

The thing that makes me think I have been hacked is that this only happens in the evening. Like when someone gets home from work!:-P If wired pc continue work then DNS thread you posted here as nothing to do with it. You said IPad worked but not mac book.

Seems like maybe there is parental control or something has set on Macbook Why would would parental control but if your husband's computer has no issues then isolated issues or wireless issues. Hi Guys To confirm peoples suspicions. Had a WNR1000v3 with firmware V1.0.2.2852.0.60 DNS hacked And a WGR614v9 with firmware V1.2.3041.0.44 hacked today. These were two different customers of ours. Both units had the DNS server 64.251.13.6 staticly set in thier DHCP config.

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Further, the units had be changed from PPPoE to DHCP. This is what originally made us log in and check why they were not working. Both routers did not have default passwords set. On further talking to the ISP (Who I used to be the technical manager at). The head engineer found several other WNR devices are now asking DHCP instead of a PPPoE connection.

On calling these clients, the same DNS hack issue seem to be apparent. On a further google search. Other people seem to have reported the same issue with netgear routers. Kind regards, Ben.

Linksys did say that remote login should be disabled to stop this 'worm'. That gives some detail to a different exploit on NG Routers. Again, disabling remote login should stop that 'worm' too.

Sadly as these are end-user forums, it is doubtful that NG will take any notice of this, UNLESS they get tons of complaints from ISPs or Governments. In Europe you could possibly make a claim for a refund if your unit was purchased within the past 4-5 years. If your suffering, please use the second link to test and see if your router is hit by this exploit, please be 100% sure yes or no. If yes (or no) then post back with version info, region info, firmware info so we can try to peg this down to what units are open to this and hopefully we can raise a stink to have a fix deployed.

Had this happen about 2 months ago where we were getting popups on all our computers. Virus/SPY scan never found anything on any computers. Finally realized the DNS addresses in the router had been changed. We have a linksys E1200. I changed it to use static DNS of google & consolidated and everything was fine until today. Popups started again and I went in router and the address had been changed to: 104.131.192.213 and 104.131.192.209 I don't recall what they were the first time but I think these are different. Disabling remote management.