I upgraded Safari last night through Software Update.
This morning I tried to go to one of my regular sites and OpenDNS blocks me from it.
I don't use OpenDNS. I did a couple of years ago when I was having speed issues with Safari. It didn't help so I dropped it. Turned out that was a modem problem that couldn't handle DNS prefetching.
So why is it back? Why is it blocking me? And how do I stop it?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 21.5 inch, Mid-2010
Romantic Heretic wrote:
Now it's asking me to add a network and I have no idea what it's talking about. I tried adding the IP addresses for both my computer and my router and all I got was 'You cannot add a network in private IP space.'
It want's your current external modem IP which you can find by going to http://www.whatismyip.com/.
It's been fixed. Plus I went out and had dinner an a couple of beers.
Apparently my ISP assigned me a new IP address used by a former OpenDNS user that blocked my sites. An admin at OpenDNS released the IP to my account and no sites are blocked now.
MadMacs0 wrote:
It want's your current external modem IP which you can find by going to http://www.whatismyip.com/.
Thanks. I'll set that up.
Romantic Heretic wrote:
Apparently my ISP assigned me a new IP address
Which they most certainly will do again unless you pay extra to get a static IP address.
What you need to do is use a utility which checks your IP address periodically and reports changes to OpenDNs. I used one that they provided for awhile, but it failed a in it's job somewhere along the line, so I switched to DNS-O-Matic and it's been flawless.
I think his and his wife share the same account, she likely saw his history or something and set the OpenDNS content filtering and then changed the password on him. 😁
Doubtful. We both write erotica. In fact that's how we met. The sites I'm blocked from are ones where our work is published.
Also she currently lives in a different country from me. 😉
Thanks for the help. I haven't had a chance to reboot yet. We'll find out then.
Why is OpenDNS blocking sites in Safari?
