Re: OpenDNS for roaming users?

Leythos has the right idea..but unless i missed something, the filtering might not work this way with OpenDns

In your openDNS dashboard, you assign filtering by the IP you are behind (network)
So if your users are at another location that you do not have a "network" defined for, the filtering might not work.
They will always be behind another IP.

They might have changed something, if they did..let me know!!
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ck wrote:
Smart. Thanks Leythos I will give that a look! :)

"Leythos" wrote:

In article <20C3AC0E-206E-4836-95A9-EBF52B0EAC1D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
SBS2003 R2 Premium

Just recently switched my DNS over to OpenDNS to see how it performs. Also noticed serveral users here are using it too.

This question kind of links to my other thread - http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs&mid=a06eb4f1-c602-49c6-9613-9d48a3a97619&sloc=en-us

I've not moved forward with the Webroot (emailsystems) trial as the only feature I liked was the ability to use there Desktop app to auto point the roaming user to Webroots proxy for logging.


Is there a way to set my roaming laptop users to OpenDNS when away from the office?
You can use MANUAL DNS entries while still allowing DHCP for IP, but it can cause problems when on the lan.

You could point the first DNS to your SBS server, the second one to OpenDNS, then your firewall should only allow DNS from the SBS box, since no other device on your network needs to do external DNS.

If you do this, their laptops, inside your network, will use the SBS DNS first, then if it fails, will try and reach OpenDNS, but the firewall will block that access. When they are at home or out of the office, the SBS DNS is not reachable, but the OPENDNS is.....

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