Article: Before you can change which sites are blocked on your home network, you'll need to set your computer to use the DNS server addresses run by OpenDNS: Windows Right-click Start {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/0\/07\/Windowsstart.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/0\/07\/Windowsstart.png\/30px-Windowsstart.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":460,"bigWidth":"30","bigHeight":"30","licensing":"<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I edited this screenshot of a Windows icon.
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<\/p><\/div>"}, click Network Connections, click Change adapter options, right-click your current network, click Properties, select the "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" option, click Properties, check the "Use the following DNS server addresses" box, and then type 208.67.222.222 into the top box and 208.67.220.220 into the bottom box. Click OK on both open windows to save. Mac Click the Apple menu {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/f\/ff\/Macapple1.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/f\/ff\/Macapple1.png\/29px-Macapple1.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":476,"bigWidth":"29","bigHeight":"30","licensing":"<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>I edited this screenshot of a Mac icon.
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<\/p><\/div>"}, click System Preferences..., click Network, click your current network's name, click Advanced..., click the DNS tab, click + in the bottom-left corner, type in 208.67.222.222, click + again, and type in 208.67.220.220. Click OK, then click Apply to save. . This will remove any residual settings which may interfere with your new DNS settings. Go to https://signup.opendns.com/homefree/ in your computer's web browser. Fill out the following fields: Email address Type in the email address you want to use to register for OpenDNS (this must be an active email address to which you have current access). Confirm email address Re-enter your email address. Select your country Select your current country from the drop-down menu. Create password Type in a password you want to use for your account (should be different than your email address' password). Confirm password Re-enter your password. It's an orange button at the bottom of the page. This creates your account and sends a verification email to your email address. This is the email address you used when setting up your OpenDNS account. Click the "[OpenDNS] Confirm your OpenDNS registration" email. You may find this in the "Updates" folder if you use Gmail. If you can't find the email, check your "Spam" or "Junk" folder. It's the link below the "Click this link to confirm your registration" heading. Doing so verifies your email address and takes you to the OpenDNS dashboard page. This is at the top of the dashboard page. It's a grey button below your current network IP address. A pop-up window will appear. In the text box at the top of the pop-up window, type in whatever you want to name your network. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. You'll find it in the middle of the page. Doing so opens the settings page for your current network. This will ensure that sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, and similar are blocked: Check the "Custom" box. Check the "Video Sharing" box. Click APPLY. In the "Manage individual domains" text box, type youtube.com into the text box and then click ADD DOMAIN. It's above the grey CONFIRM button. This is at the bottom of the page. Doing so confirms your settings and blocks YouTube on your computer. On any other computer for which you want to block YouTube, do the following: Change the DNS settings to use OpenDNS' servers. Go to https://login.opendns.com/ and then enter your email address and password for your OpenDNS account. Click the SETTINGS tab. Click ADD THIS NETWORK, then enter a name and click DONE. Click the IP address for the network you just added. Block YouTube (and video sharing if necessary) via the Web Content Filtering menu.
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Change your computer's DNS settings to use OpenDNS servers. Flush your computer's DNS cache Open the OpenDNS sign-up page. Create an OpenDNS account. Click GET A FREE ACCOUNT. Open your OpenDNS email address. Select the verification email. Click the verification link. Click the SETTINGS tab. Click ADD THIS NETWORK. Enter a network name. Click DONE. Click your network's address. Consider blocking all video-sharing sites. Enter YouTube's address. Check the "Block" box. Click CONFIRM. Add other computers to the OpenDNS list.