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Embarrassing Request

13 points by contravert 15y ago

My local DNS server appears to be down, and it seems that I only have the IP address for Hacker News handy at the moment (In my host file, I added a redirect from Reddit to beat the procrastination). Can someone post the instructions to set up OpenDNS or another DNS service, so I can get back online? I run Ubuntu. Your help would be much appreciated.

andrewstuart 15y ago
Google public DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
- contravert 15y ago
  Thank you so much. You have my eternal gratitude.
  - andrewstuart 15y ago
    Yes it was a large sacrifice on my part.
    - benologist 15y ago
      I concur, and would like to nominate you for a medal.
      - andrewstuart 15y ago
        Even better, for an "achievement badge".
        benologist 15y ago
        The Medal of Achievement Badge.
voodookid 15y ago
echo "nameserver 4.2.2.1" >> /etc/resolv.conf
jparicka 15y ago
Ha,ha .. I wonder, how many people out there keep ycombinator IP handy.. Do echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" >> /etc/resolv.conf and "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> /etc/resolv.conf These are Google DNS..
drallison 15y ago
Google DNS: 8.8.8.8 8.8.8.4 OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220