One of the drawbacks of using an internet service providers own router is that some of them such as the Thomson TG585′s web interface locks away the more advanced settings. A good example of this is the ability to switch to a third party DNS service such as Google or OpenDNS. These third party DNS providers can often be much faster then your service provider’s own DNS servers, so therefore offer a much better internet browsing experience.
Luckily the Thomson TG585 does have a little bit of a ‘back door’ that you can use to set up your preferred DNS settings.
All you need to do to make use of this ‘back door’ is:
| DNS Server | Source | Label | Metric | Intf | State |
| D 212.50.160.100 | 10 | Internet | Up | ||
| D 213.249.130.100 | 10 | Internet | Up |
dns server route add dns=208.67.222.222 metric=0 intf=Internet and press enter (Replacing ‘internet’ with your Intf string)
dns server route add dns=208.67.220.220 metric=0 intf=Internet and press enter (Replacing ‘internet’ with your Intf string)
That’s all there is to it, now all you need to do is head over to OpenDNS, logon to your dashboard and tweak your settings as you see fit. Then sit back, relax and enjoy an OpenDNS powered internet experience.
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