Calling OpenDNS! What’s going on?! I don’t live in China you know!
UPDATE 1: OpenDNS blocks Yahoo and Twitter too!
UPDATE 2: I removed OpenDNS, entered PLDT’s DNS settings and restarted both my Linksys wireless router and modem. That seemed to have solved the problem. It looks like OpenDNS is misinterpreting my IP address as that of someone who lives in China a communist country.
If you’re wondering what PLDT’s DNS are, you can try out these:
58.69.254.71
58.69.254.133
58.69.254.3
58.69.254.8
58.69.254.138
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April 9th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
SERIOUSLY?!
April 9th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
did you ask opendns why? you can query their blog.
April 10th, 2008 at 6:45 am
[...] Google.com blocked by OpenDNS Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
April 10th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
We’ve never blocked Google. Gosh, that’d be horrible!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:26 am
@David: But you did and it’s a horrible thing!
April 11th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
OpenDNS only blocks what you want it to block, that user had “portals / search engines” category selected in his what to block options.
I have been a OpenDNS user for 2 years now, i’m admin for 3 networks and they have ALWAYS only blocked what i HAD selected, its just that all those new categories let you fine tune what you want to block.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
@Brown: I’m aware of that. These screenshots were by me on my computer. I would know if I blocked any sites on my network. But I didn’t. So why does OpenDNS block a bunch on sites not only on my computer, but on several pc’s who are not part of my network? I know for a fact that two of my friends are experiencing the same problem.
April 12th, 2008 at 6:14 am
That’s weird. i’m on PLDT and OpenDNS as well and I don’t have the same problem.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:59 am
I’ve been using OpenDNS and PLDT DSL for a long time now and I’ve never encountered that problem. OpenDNS has only blocked the websites that I’ve set it up to block.
May 6th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
It’s been about a month now and I’m encountering the same problem. In fact, it’s gotten weirder. I tried to access youtube and I got the a similar looking page; except the text has changed. It now says : “IF YOU EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM, SEND SMS TO 2331(GLOBE/SUN/TM) AND 231(SMART/TNT) type BB JOSEF or also type BB NIKKI” (in the red font part) What the hell? Voting for the love team in Pinoy big brother teen edition will solve this problem?? Jeez. What’s going on???
May 26th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
me too im experiencing it right now what should i do?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:48 am
that’s so weird to block google.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
ok, i didnt even dl openDNS, and its on my computer… weird!
help, i want it off, coz its blocking everything – facebook included – pls help, i want it gone, how do i do it, coz there is no trace of it on my computer, just when i try go on the net…
March 5th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
This happens to us too. It blocked google, yahoo, yahoo mail, friendster, and multiply. We’re on globe broadband internet. This sucks!
March 7th, 2009 at 12:50 am
Mine got blocked too…I can access google websites, but can’t access google. It’s like the screenshot up there. Damn, I so hate it.
March 24th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Just like a tick on a dog, Linksys pre-populates the DNS server addresses in the Linksys control panel without any warning or opt-out offer. To revert to your previous settings, you must have recorded them if fixed. Mine were dynamic (did not know this until I got into it). I dialed up the Linksys control panel in the address line of my browser (192.168.0.1 in my case & the default), deleted the primary and secondary DNS addresses on the WAN tab, and clicked on save changes. Presto!