Roaming Clients

Introduction to Roaming Clients

Windows and macOS Roaming Client deployment guide
This article outlines how to deploy a Roaming Client on a Windows or macOS device, and includes l...
Deploy Roaming Clients via Silent Install or RMM tool
Follow this article to silent install the Windows and macOS Roaming Client through a command-line...
IPv6 and IPv4 local resolver support
Reference this guide to understand IPv6 and IPv4 compatibility with local domains and resolvers a...
Generate HAR files for Support review
Follow these steps to generate a HAR file to send to our Support team for browser related issues ...
Enable DNS-over-TLS
DNSFilter supports DNS-over-TLS (DoT) in our Roaming Clients and DNS Relay, allowing for encrypti...
Manage Roaming Client settings
Manage all an organization's Roaming Client Sites, Filtering Policies, installs, updates, and mor...

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Uninstall Windows Roaming Clients
DNSFilter account user with admin permissions or higher use this article to enable uninstall noti...
Windows Registry Keys definitions for Roaming Clients
DNSFilter account users with admin permissions or higher reference these Windows Registry Key def...
Windows Roaming Client commands
These commands can be useful during initial deployment, troubleshooting issues, scripting, or get...

Windows Roaming Clients 1.11.0 and 1.12.0 will not auto-update
Follow this article to troubleshoot a known issue with the branded Windows Roaming Client version...
Windows Roaming Client issue diagnostic
This article covers how to check for common Windows Roaming Client malfunctions and download log ...
Prevent VPN-related Windows Roaming Client conflicts
Network admins use these steps to configure remote access VPNs (e.g. Palo Alto, SonicWall, Anycon...
Local DNS resolution failing while using Windows Roaming Client
Follow these steps to troubleshoot local DNS resolution failures when setup with the Windows Roam...
Limited Connectivity indicator when using Windows Roaming Client
Use this article to troubleshoot DNSFilter or network settings if the Windows Network Connectivit...

Install macOS Roaming Client beta v2.0.0
This article outlines how to install the macOS Roaming Client beta version 2.0.0. This version in...
Uninstall macOS Roaming Clients
DNSFilter account users with admin permissions or higher use this article to enable uninstall not...
MacOS Roaming Client commands
These commands can be useful during initial deployment, troubleshooting issues, scripting, or get...

macOS Roaming Client not auto-updating on OS 15 Sequoia
What we know After the release of Mac's operating system Sequoia (OS 15), DNSFilter started recei...
MacOS Roaming Client issue diagnostics
Use this guide to download log files to troubleshoot issues associated with the Roaming Client fo...
macOS Roaming Client offline after installation
The macOS Roaming Client may appear offline or not activate after installation, which means DNS t...
IP address conflict with macOS Roaming Client
The alias_addresses parameter supports modifying the listener address the Roaming Client uses if ...
Local DNS resolution failing while using macOS Roaming Client
If local DNS resolution is failing the likely cause is that either EDNS isn't supported or a fire...

iOS Roaming Client agents installed on iOS 17.x listed as "localhost" in DNSFilter dashboard
This is a known issue Apple restricted the ability for apps to capture device names in iOS 17, li...
Android Roaming Client deployment guide
Use this article to deploy the DNSFilter Roaming Client on an Android device via single install o...
Chrome Extension Roaming Client deployment guide
This article provides steps to deploy the Google Chrome Extension Roaming Client to managed Chrom...
iOS Roaming Client deployment guide
DNSFilter account users with admin permissions or higher can install the iOS Roaming Client on ma...
Chrome Extension troubleshooting
Roaming Client Chrome Extension Notice For complete functionality, this Chrome extension must be...
Install Roaming Client on iOS 14 and older
These are legacy instructions to manually install the Roaming Client on iOS devices (iPhone; iPad...

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