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tonyrage
6 months agoFriendly Neighbour
Open DNS for one device
Hi and thanks in advance for any help. We just got my son his first laptop. I would like to use open dns to filter adult and mature content. To do this, I would like to set up one wifi ssid for h...
tonyrage
6 months agoFriendly Neighbour
Can I do that in the network settings? I thought DNS was set on the wifi router…. But yes, that would be far easier. I’ll give it a shot.
Syaoran
6 months agoAll-Star
To avoid a lot of typing, I will leave a link to How To Geek's already and very well written guide.
https://www.howtogeek.com/767564/how-to-change-dns-servers-on-windows-11/
Their guide uses the Google DNS as their example. Just swap that with the DNS server info of your choice.
- tonyrage6 months agoFriendly Neighbour
Thank you very much!
- Syaoran6 months agoAll-Star
Anytime.
There is no 100% solution, even if you added it to the router as well. These filters only identify so much and kids today are very smart when it comes to technology. Keep being that pro-active parent and always keep an eye on what your kids are doing to make sure they are practising safe internet behavior.
- tonyrage6 months agoFriendly Neighbour
Of course. Computer is only going to be used in our visconity. We will monitor where he goes and discuss things with him along the way. This is more to avoid the obvious and easy route to inappropriate content.