Facebook : Service Unavailable – DNS failure

Posted: August 20th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: IT Related | Tags: , , , | 43 Comments »


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 🙂

43 Comments on “Facebook : Service Unavailable – DNS failure”

  1. 1 Service unavailable. » Current News Trends said at 1:45 PM on August 20th, 2009:

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  2. 2 Saami said at 8:09 PM on September 6th, 2009:

    Why is this happening is there a solution to it which i can try to fix it from my end.

  3. 3 xanda said at 8:13 PM on September 6th, 2009:

    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

    dig www.facebook.com
  4. 4 Saami said at 8:24 PM on September 6th, 2009:

    will it change if i change my dns server.. and how do i use the dig command.

  5. 5 Karanarjun said at 4:43 PM on September 10th, 2009:

    Service Unavailable – DNS failure
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.

    Reference #11.561ad4d2.1252572036.12da87

  6. 6 aie said at 11:28 PM on September 14th, 2009:

    i also got this service unavailable – dns failure, what does that mean? waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 🙁

  7. 7 Tuhada Jija said at 1:17 PM on April 30th, 2010:

    Service Unavailable – DNS failure
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.

    Reference #11.151ad4d2.1272604473.4beb0

  8. 8 Michelle said at 1:24 PM on April 30th, 2010:

    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.

  9. 9 Gladiola said at 1:25 PM on April 30th, 2010:

    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??

  10. 10 Robbie said at 1:26 PM on April 30th, 2010:

    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.

    Permalink (#23)

  11. 11 Robbie said at 1:27 PM on April 30th, 2010:

    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!! 😀

  12. 12 Sidd said at 1:29 PM on April 30th, 2010:

    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

  13. 13 xanda said at 2:27 PM on April 30th, 2010:

    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 🙂

  14. 14 Norma said at 8:48 AM on May 3rd, 2010:

    saya ada masalah tak buka buka facebook…
    appear Service unavailable-DNS failure
    ……………
    kenapa jadicam tu???

  15. 15 polos said at 11:51 AM on May 3rd, 2010:

    @Norma

    norma TH Perdana rite?

    maybe your facebook not allow to access

  16. 16 aya said at 12:47 PM on May 3rd, 2010:

    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….

  17. 17 mohd hazreen bin hamid said at 3:40 PM on May 3rd, 2010:

    nape fb sy x boley bukak ni…….
    nape jadi cm ni…………….

  18. 18 chucky said at 9:31 PM on May 3rd, 2010:

    why this all happen???i want to login to my FB!!!!!!!!!shit always happen oww..!!!

  19. 19 lufkin said at 9:59 PM on May 3rd, 2010:

    kadang2 boleh masuk kadang2 x boleh.. browser’s problem? or e-terrorism? coolness..

  20. 20 atie said at 10:08 PM on May 3rd, 2010:

    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!!

  21. 21 Jerry said at 12:03 AM on May 4th, 2010:

    @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…

  22. 22 ame said at 12:14 AM on May 4th, 2010:

    Service Unavailable – DNS failure
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.

    Reference #11.cc4b52cb.1272903040.44b6d3f

  23. 23 yellow flash said at 1:25 AM on May 4th, 2010:

    sy punya pon xleh nk login…kenape?

  24. 24 xanda said at 2:21 AM on May 4th, 2010:

    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 🙂

  25. 25 BaSKaN said at 4:16 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    Bu faceyi göçertende türkler xDxD

  26. 26 Angelbabe1uk said at 4:50 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    Its at it again!
    Were back to Service Unavailable – DNS failure
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.
    Reference #11.87a278d5.1285273572.36518cbe
    Ugh wish they would ruddy leave it alone!

  27. 27 elvis said at 4:54 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    fvff

  28. 28 Aki said at 4:56 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    It’s doing the EXACT SAME THING for me… 🙁 Anyone have any clue why and when it’ll be fixed? I need to see if someone’s online… 😛 … I have a mac if that for some reason helps 😛

  29. 29 kylie said at 4:58 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    ikr!! its sooo anoying!

  30. 30 kylie said at 4:59 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    try dis in stead of going to the actual fb website m.facebook.com

  31. 31 robyn said at 5:02 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    Service Unavailable – DNS failure
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.

    Reference #11.b6fb4740.1285275679.fb494b4

  32. 32 robyn said at 5:03 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    HELP

    how do i fix this?
    Service Unavailable – DNS failure
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.

    Reference #11.b6fb4740.1285275679.fb494b4

  33. 33 robyn said at 5:06 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    OMG< FACEBOOK IS RUNNING AGAIN
    YEAHHHH

  34. 34 tracymcclaskey3641 said at 5:14 AM on September 24th, 2010:

    DNS failure service unavaliable

  35. 35 nurul aida said at 8:32 PM on October 4th, 2010:

    kenapa facebook saya kadang-kadang boleh buka , kadang-kadang dia keluar error on page !!! geramnyerrr !!! peninglah kalau camni …………… hal nie disebabkan line sibuk kerrr ????? wawawaaaaaaaaa . harap facebook saya tak ada masalah lain2 .

  36. 36 anita said at 6:49 PM on February 17th, 2011:

    asyik x bleh jer… nak bukak fb, camne..nie…

  37. 37 ~ash~...:)... said at 12:50 PM on July 20th, 2011:

    hi there!!….i cant excess into my facebook account….what if im nt using linux/unix/mac how cn i refresh my facebook page….???….will i be able to log in back to my facebook account??

  38. 38 nenskie said at 11:14 AM on August 25th, 2011:

    hi there!!!!!……i cant log in into my facebook account, just 1 month only i didn’t log in then i cant already….so i cant log in back to my facebook account???

  39. 39 iepa said at 3:52 PM on September 1st, 2011:

    @nurul aida
    kenape nk bukak fb jerr nant die kuar server error in application!! knp ???

  40. 40 iepa said at 3:53 PM on September 1st, 2011:

    kenape nk bukak fb jerr nant die kuar server error in application!! knp ???

  41. 41 iepa said at 3:55 PM on September 1st, 2011:

    🙁

  42. 42 azmi said at 10:04 AM on October 23rd, 2011:

    kenapa tdak bleh log kluar

  43. 43 Kambo kautz said at 4:23 PM on February 11th, 2012:

    My facebook service cnt b able to access since 5 days ago, plizz help.

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