The Best Free Alternatives to DynDNS

I've used DynDNS in the past to great affect so you can imagine my surprise when I went to re-register recently and was asked to sign up for a paid membership. Yes that's right DynDNS has shutdown its free plans. Still, having spent a couple of minutes Googling aleternatives I fell in love with ...

Tips & Tricks: Find Linux DNS server IP address

I always wondered what my DNS server IP address assigned by my ISP was and today I finally  found out. Typically under a Linux machine using command prompt it really isn't that difficult.

Under Linux the resolver is used (set of routines in the C library) that provide access to the Domain Name System (DNS). The resolver configuration file is located inside the /etc folder and it contains information that is read by the resolver routines the first time they are invoked by a process. Using the grep command it should be as painless as: