Previously when we covered the method to install VLC-shares and stream video from your computer, some of you are having issue with a remote connection (connection from outside your home network) because your computer is using a dynamic IP. For those who are not aware, dynamic IP means that your IP address is constantly changing and is not fixed. This is often the case for broadband connection. To be able to stream video, or gain remote access to your computer, you’ll need to point your devices to a static IP address, which is missing in this case.
So how do we gain remote access to a computer with dynamic IP address? Read on for the full guide.
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DNS (Domain Name System) is the online service that maps a web url to an IP address. Whenever you surf the web, your ISP will perform a DNS lookup to translate the URL to its IP address before it can render the pages. As web pages become more complex, the number of DNS lookup increase and your Internet speed suffers. 
No matter how fast your Internet connection, you may be hitting a bottleneck in web browsing when it comes to your DNS server. Even a 10mb pipe could seem slow when browsing the web if your DNS server is taking too long to respond. A few days ago, Google announced that they are now proving public DNS servers available for all to use. This has brought new attention to the question: what’s the fastest? In this article, we’ll be covering an open-source, multiplatform tool called 