Facebook DNS Block Fix
July 30th, 2009 | 
Author: Hi All,
If you have Facebook blocked at work, it could just be a simple cheap DNS block, where the administrator has replaced the DNS entry for facebook.com on your local DNS server.
Unfortunately, changing the DNS server that your local machine uses, may not always be the easiest way around it, as the local DNS server might have entries that are required for local access to intranet etc to work.
Below is a host file modification that will override the modified DNS server, and allow facebook to work:
#Valid 22/06/10
#START COPY
127.0.0.1 localhost
69.63.181.11 facebook.com
66.220.153.11 www.facebook.com
69.63.181.22 login.facebook.com
69.63.180.168 register.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 en-gb.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 es-la.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 pt-br.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 fr-fr.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 de-de.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 it-it.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 ar-ar.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 hi-in.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 zh-cn.facebook.com
69.63.178.31 developer.facebook.com
69.63.178.31 developers.facebook.com
69.63.181.11 apps.facebook.com
69.63.181.11 www-college.facebook.com
210.9.88.51 platform.ak.facebook.com
210.9.88.48 creative.ak.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 new.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 tr-tr.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 es-es.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 el-gr.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 sv-se.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 da-dk.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 zh-hk.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 zh-tw.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 fi-fi.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 hs.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 id-id.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 ru-ru.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 hr-hr.facebook.com
69.63.181.31 m.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 nl-nl.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 nb-no.facebook.com
60.254.186.26 ja-jp.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 ko-kr.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 ms-my.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 sl-si.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 connect.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 cs-cz.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 pl-pl.facebook.com
69.63.179.70 secure.facebook.com
69.63.181.31 iphone.facebook.com
66.220.153.11 blog.facebook.com
69.63.176.184 0.channel24.facebook.com
122.252.42.110 s-static.ak.facebook.com
69.63.176.49 creativeupload.facebook.com
69.63.176.49 creativeupload-sf2p.facebook.com
69.63.176.42 upload.facebook.com
#END COPY*** Re-made to allow live up date on page refresh. Please go to http://www.armabloggin.com/facehost.php
Click Start/Run then type in “notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts” (without the quotes) and press enter.
Copy and paste the above text between the start copy and end copy lines into the notepad file, and save.
Let me know if you have any problems with the above, and I might be able to fix them. Also if you want, I could make a myspace/youtube/or whatever else they may have blocked one for you by request.
Enjoy!
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Due to the way DNS works, there is the possibility for the above to stop working at some point. If you have any issues, just let me know, and I can fix it.
I can’t upload pictures with this setup? Anyone else having the same issue?
Jez I’ve updated the above with a modification to the upload.facebook.com dns entry.
The old one must have had an incorrect IP address, as it wouldn’t let you upload photos.
Let me know if any other issues.
Iz
[...] are some example entries for IP addresses for Facebook, but replace 69.63.178.11 with the newer [...]
please help!hi i want to trace facebooks real ip how can i do that i ll be happy if you help me thanks
Any tips for Mac please
Hi Bob,
For info on adding hosts to Mac check out this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27291
I am not very familiar with Mac, but looks like it’s very similar to Linux in that you just need to edit the host file in the /etc directory.
Let me know if you have any luck with the above.
Cheers
Izzy
Hi Takis,
If you have Facebook DNS blocked, but you don’t have: http://dns-tools.domaintools.com/ blocked, then you can go there to resolve facebook.com according to their name server.
As they won’t have facebook blocked, you will get the current real IP.
To use their website, just type the host you want resolved into the Tools text box on the right, select ping, and click go.
You will see the results of a ping test, which will show you the resolved IP address.
ie:
Host IP Address Ping Time
1. facebook.com 69.63.181.11 19.56ms
2. facebook.com 69.63.181.11 19.85ms
3. facebook.com 69.63.181.11 19.47ms
4. facebook.com 69.63.181.11 19.91ms
5. facebook.com 69.63.181.11 19.97ms
6. facebook.com 69.63.181.11 19.85ms
7. facebook.com 69.63.181.11 19.43ms
Now I will update my list above to suit the new IP
[...] Xem cách ?i?u ch?nh hosts file. – ?ây là m?t s? thí d? ??a s? IP, tuy nhiên thay s? 69.63.178.11 b?ng s? 69.63.181.15 m?i h?n. C?n th?n coi ch?ng [...]
thankz,, it’s work,,
unblocked youtube please????
Hey bluezer,
I rekon I’ll be able to nut that one out for you… give me a bit though, and I will post it once i’ve worked out all the IPs and potential dns entries.
Cheers
Izzy
Hey bluezer,
Had a bit of a look around.. should be pretty straight forward for unblocking a youtube DNS block, as there seem to be only 2 entries that are necessary.
Let me know how it goes.
Izzy
If someone can tell me how to stop that auto link making above where it has http://www.youtube.com with the http:// in front of it, that would be appreciated.
bluezer keep that in mind when you add that to the hosts file. It’s not supposed to have http:// in front of it.
Cheers
Izzy
hey i am putting 69.63.180.174#login.facebook.com and when i put my name and passport it wont work what shall i do
Hi Farah,
Does everything else work?
Change the IP to 69.63.181.26
I will update the info above.
I only checked this one entry, it is possible more has changed, so let me know if any more issues.
Cheers
Izzy
hey lzzy,
gain same problem
hi izzy,,
i ussually use http://kwang.blogdns.com/webproxy in front of youtube link,, but it doesnt work so well,, the video streaming can’t play,,,
sorry izzy,,,
what should i do about this
64.233.183.102 http://www.youtube.com
74.125.45.100 youtube.com
hi Izzy
I can not upload picture. What should i do now?
HI. I’ve copy and paste the whole entire entry to the notepad but it still wouldn’t work. please help! please type the whole entry down for me.. thank you very much. your help is much appreciated.
Hi izzy,
Everytime i get http://block.opendns.com/?url=888888159080868586677015688078&ablock, while trying to access http://www.youtube.com
Is anyway to bypass this OpenDNS?
Hi(:
Since I’m in Vietnam, I’m using an older version of microsoft. It doesn’t have the type in search section! How would I get to the notepad?
Hey Mate,
Do you have Start->Run? Just type in there.
Alternatively you can get into the command prompt and type it? Or you can use edit from within a command prompt if it is Win95/98?
You can probably even find notepad through the Start button under All Programs->Accessories.
I think I have to update the list to include the new IP addresses. I am currently working on some code to automatically update it each time you refresh.
This will apply to the pictures issue also.
This could be a tricky one…
Try setting your DNS to 8.8.8.8 in your network properties…
It probably won’t work because your ISP has some sort of port forward setup, but see how you go.
Maybe there is a way to use a DNS server with a different port… I will investigate and let you know if I find anything.
If I’ve led you down the right path, please post back with your results!
Cheers
i cannot access to fb since today at 7pm.. VN time… it was ok before and now keep on popping Error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET): Unknown error.
Hi, Lizzy! Any suggestions to getting onto Facebook in Vietnam?
Thanks in advance!
Hi!
Can somebody give me an instruction how i can unlock facebook?
I am not good in IT! So please can somebody help me.
I live in Vietnam. And until now i could use it with open DNS. i just had to change the DNS but now it is not working anymore.
HELP!!!
[...] Updating your /etc/hosts file as documented here [...]
Hi All!
As mentioned above in the block quote I have made a php script that automatically grabs the correct IPs for a facebook host file each time you refresh the page.
This should save you waiting for me to update it every once in a while that it changes.
Let me know how you go.
http://www.armabloggin.com/facehost.php
Izzy
Sorry, these are the websites that I want to have access to
yahoo.com
lakers.com
dodgers.com
espn.com
But I do not have authority (i am not the administrator) to modify the folder c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Hi Jimmy,
It is going to be extremely difficult to unblock these sites without administrative access to your machine unfortunately. What is your situation? Is this at a workplace or uni/school or something? Are you even able to install third party software on the machine?
Izzy
You need to add these to your host file as well, and it should give you access to those sites providing it is just blocked via dns.
Yes it is for my PC at work, and no I am not able to install third party software. So, I take it that without the administrative access, I will not be able to unblock these sites, correct?
Hi Izzy,
I am currently in Hue, Vietnam. I am having trouble accessing Facebook, which I greatly require since I teach English over here. All my contacts and advisers are on FB , and proxy sites will not work. How can I fix this so that I can access FB, free?
If possible, can you type out the command I would need to use.
My system is WINDOWS VISTA.
Please let me know, ASAP.
Iam having a problem with saving the hosts file. It won’t let me replace the hosts file in etc. It said it “cannot create the c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file. Make sure that the path and file name are correct”
Any idea?
Thanks guys!!
hi thanx for this it realy wprks well but i cant chat with oline friends and also i cant upload photos
Hi Denis,
I had a look at the DNS entries again, and found a whole range of new ones which I will add.
They look like this: 0.38.channel.facebook.com.
If anyone knows how to add a wildcard to the hosts file that would be great… something like *.38.channel.facebook.com
Will update the list shortly, and hopefully this will fix the upload and chat…
hi thanx. i can upload photos now but i cant chat with my friend. is there any help