Embarrassing Request

13 points by contravert 15y ago ↗ HN

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.

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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