Facebook : Service Unavailable – DNS failure
August 20th, 2009
dig seems to be OK
I’m still waiting for the news of why this thing happened..
[update]
DAMMIT!! I used “dig facebook.com” and not “dig www.facebook.com”.. ARGH!!!! Anyone has dig result for www.facebook.com? I pretty much believe that it has something to do with Akmai’s distributed servers
[update]
hi all, i believe that, this issues come some the distributed akmai server. If you are on Linux/Unix/Mac, this is what you can do:-
sudo -i echo "69.63.191.219 www.facebook.com" >> /etc/hosts
then start browsing to facebook 
Why is this happening is there a solution to it which i can try to fix it from my end.
MAYBE it is because of akmai distributed server… but i’m not sure.. 1 way you could do is to access it via IP.. use dig command and access the returning IP in ur browser
will it change if i change my dns server.. and how do i use the dig command.
Service Unavailable – DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #11.561ad4d2.1252572036.12da87
i also got this service unavailable – dns failure, what does that mean? waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Service Unavailable – DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #11.151ad4d2.1272604473.4beb0
Did this problem ever get resolved? I have not been able to login since last week, and am not getting much help from facebook. I can get onto any other site I try… just having problems with facebook.
yes =( i can’t login to facebook for a whole day,it’s not only today,but since last month,i only can login once a day & after that,i can’t login anymore. it shows this –> Service Unavailable – DNS failure. The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later. Reference #11.c56349ca.1247136787.fd6480, or this –> Bad Request. Transport error (#400) while retrieving data from endpoint `/ajax/inline_comments.php’: Bad HTTP request.
what happen actually?? is facebook too full??
I found that if you are using the Adblock extension, and subscribe to an ad list (basically a list of known ads online), it blocks a special site (fbcdn.net) that Facebook uses to login.
Go to Facebook.com (the page you are having trouble logging in), click on the Adblock Stop Sign on top of Firefox, and you will see in red a url that includes fbcdn.net. Right click on that, and add an exception for the entire fbcdn.net domain. Reload the page. This should fix the problem.
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none of that worked for me, but for the Bluecoat person, try logging in to teh mobile site, you cant chat and do as much, but its better than nothing. or the app on ur ipod or iphone.
also just try logging in to m.facebook.com and then once ur logged in go to the bottom of the page and click full site, itlll redirect you, log in again, and it works!!
Same issue here… any solution to this or waiting is the only way
Service Unavailable – DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #11.171ad4d2.1272605272.a34170
hi all, i believe that, this issues come some the distributed akmai server. If you are on Linux/Unix/Mac, this is what you can do:-
then start browsing to facebook
saya ada masalah tak buka buka facebook…
appear Service unavailable-DNS failure
……………
kenapa jadicam tu???
@Norma
norma TH Perdana rite?
maybe your facebook not allow to access
Service Unavailable – DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #11.ce4b52cb.1272860929.4abca16
im having this problem & this is the 1st time i face it. i try to login to facebook from this morning till now & it still appear the same. but sometime i can login for a few second but then when i try to go to another application, the dns server unvaiable appear again. i dont know wht the problem is…..can someone give me the answer why this thing happen & maybe you can also tell me how to solve it….
nape fb sy x boley bukak ni…….
nape jadi cm ni…………….
why this all happen???i want to login to my FB!!!!!!!!!shit always happen oww..!!!
kadang2 boleh masuk kadang2 x boleh.. browser’s problem? or e-terrorism? coolness..
huh…i also cant login to my FB. DNS failure. wat is that mean? da whole day im using my laptop in my office to login to FB via streamyx. but when i reached home n try to login wif da same laptop via my broadband then this matter happened. is it because of my broadband or my lapotop or my firefox? i dun know much bout setting etc…..plsss…..help me!!
@aya
Hey, i got the same problem as you too… What happened ar? I thought it’s my internet problem, but when i surf other website, it works perfectly… Just only the facebook i can’t visit…
Service Unavailable – DNS failure
The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
Reference #11.cc4b52cb.1272903040.44b6d3f
sy punya pon xleh nk login…kenape?
from my point of view, it is due to distributed server that facebook is using now. If i’m now mistaken, they use the sevice that provided by Akmai. By browsing to facebook.com, your request might be resolved to several server (distributed) and somehow causing this problem.
Just from my point of view