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I want my Raspberry Pi to use OpenDNS to resolve domain names. How can I modify this setting?
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I want my Raspberry Pi to use OpenDNS to resolve domain names. How can I modify this setting?
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If you are using Debian on Raspberry Pi, then you need to edit /etc/resolv.conf
nano /etc/resolv.conf
then add the server IP of the openDNS
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
Btw, if you have any concern about speed of the DNS you may want to take a look at this post
I just wanted to mention that today out of the blue, my Pi3 device couldn't see mirrordetector.raspbian.org. I added the OpenDNS addresses and it works fine. (I had Google's in there...) – Kody Brown – 2017-01-14T21:33:48.740
I did this, but it's still not using OpenDNS. – Josiah Sprague – 2013-07-10T05:53:19.250
4you restarted your board and are using Debian-server, right? If it is the case, please try to add nameserver 208.67.220.220``and
nameserver 208.67.222.222to
/etc/network/interfacesthen restart your board or do
/etc/init.d/networking restart. If it is still not working, please paste output of
dig google.com` – Angs – 2013-07-10T06:07:32.140
Should the IPs be in both /etc/resolv.conf
and /etc/network/interfaces
? – Josiah Sprague – 2013-07-10T15:36:54.713
1The /etc/resolv.conf entry is created from the /etc/network/interfaces config. Note: this works only if you're using static network configuration. If you're using dynamic settings, then you'll need to change the settings provided by the DHCP server. – joat – 2013-07-13T13:58:28.513
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Don't edit /etc/resolv.conf
since that file is generated automatically. Instead edit /etc/network/interfaces
and add the following to the end:
dns-nameservers 8.8.4.4 8.8.8.8
5resolv.conf is just overwritten by the resolvconf tool. If this tool is not installed the first answer will work. But your solution will work anyway, that's why it should be marked as the right solution. – Ben – 2016-12-07T18:18:15.793
this worked for me on raspian stretch lite, thanks! – James Campbell – 2017-09-13T01:28:39.997
didn't work. startbeamrainbowlabs' solution worked! – lode – 2019-08-13T22:16:20.663
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I've found that in the latest version of Raspbian (stretch I think?) you now need to edit the last line of /etc/dhcpcd.conf
. There should be a line that starts with static domain_name_servers=
- there you can customise it with a list of space-separated DNS servers, like this:
static domain_name_servers=1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 208.69.38.205 8.8.8.8
DNS Servers Featured: Cloudflare, OpenDNS, and Google
Edit: As @DavidOliver points out, you may need to restart dhcpcd too: sudo systemctl restart dhcpcd.service
.
4This was the only solution that worked for me. I am using raspbian for the raspberry pi – Tono Nam – 2018-05-24T15:37:04.610
1This one was the one that worked for me on Raspbian - From the other answers in this question, edits directory to resolv.conf got overwritten on reboot and the network/interfaces edits were ignored – dlrust – 2018-10-29T23:24:13.630
1This should be the correct answer for latest (Raspbian Stretch or Debian Stretch), the accepted answer in 2013 and the higher vote so far of modifying etc/resolv.conf
are simply no longer correct. – hcheung – 2019-04-03T06:06:20.380
Seemed like a restart of the service was necessary: sudo systemctl restart dhcpcd.service
– David Oliver – 2019-08-07T21:47:58.057
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I have found the answer from another website and this is the best. I used the very last part of the article as Raspbian comes with dchpcd already installed and i still want an automatic ip address not a static ip address. Running from a Raspberry Pi3 multiboot [berryboot] with Raspbian - Pixel type
sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf.head
in your terminal. You will have a blank slate to work with. Next copy and paste the following code:
#OpenDns Servers
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
click on cntrl + x to exit out and select y for the following options to save. restart your Raspberry Pi with
sudo reboot
To make sure you are using OpenDNS go to the following website: OpenDns welcome page
Could you add a link to the original forum source you found this answer on? – music2myear – 2017-04-18T19:36:46.477
I have found the exact link [old article from 2013 but works!] I have updated my answer to reflect the link – Robert Petet – 2017-04-18T20:07:27.653
Sweet. Context almost always makes a question better. – music2myear – 2017-04-18T20:11:19.230
I hope this has helped you. By the way the bootloader i use for my Raspberry PI3 is berryboot [http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot] and i love it! I have Raspbian-Pixel, Kali Linux2.0, OSMC, and RetroPie v3.6 running on a 16GB sd card without having to change sd cards. You can get the images for berryboot here: [http://berryboot.alexgoldcheidt.com/images/] In fact I'm using Raspbian and chromium to answer you. – Robert Petet – 2017-04-18T20:19:23.110
This worked for me. I really don't understand why setting up networks is becoming more and more complex and intransparent over time....
THanks for your help! – Tarator – 2017-05-04T06:17:38.123
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The openDNS servers worked for me thanks. During a Udemy learning session I had run into a problem after ditching my wifi sharing arrangement with my Mac, and setting up ethernet hub with the PI on a different home network. The problem with my previous IP sharing arrangement with WiFi.
When I originally setup the PI with the sharing arrangement the text Inside the resolve file was:
nameserver 192.168.2.1
which was entered automatically by the minibian OS, NOT ME!
This IP became the default DNS server, with the MacMini seamlessly providing the real DNS in the background.
SO NEED TO EDIT(vim) WITH
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
Then I could ping google.com Thank goodness for forums!
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– Pimp Juice IT – 2017-09-04T02:27:16.670-3
Add this line into file /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf:
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.8, 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4
Then it will work.
4The first IP address is a random private address. The other two are the IP addresses of Google servers - not OpenDNS. – Anthony Geoghegan – 2015-09-01T09:39:07.277
what OS are you using? There are multiple OSs for the Raspberry Pi – Keltari – 2016-10-24T01:46:38.230
Note for future users finding this answer via Google etc: Editing
/etc/resolv.conf
isn't really the right way going about this anymore: You need to edit/etc/dhcpcd.conf
instead. See my answer below. – starbeamrainbowlabs – 2019-04-03T14:51:58.947