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I am in strange condition right now. I am not able to access facebook.

Once I open the facebook it just loads the localhost.

I know we can set it from host file. But just have a look at my host file. There is nothig which redirects facebook to localhost. Is there any other way we can set this redirection? I am on windows 7.

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#   127.0.0.1       localhost
#   ::1             localhost
#127.0.0.1 local

Ping facebook.com NS Lookup

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    Wouldn't that be a good thing not to be able to log onto Facebook?
    – xeon
    Nov 29, 2011 at 16:14
  • Are you sure your company isn't blocking this?
    – ceejayoz
    Nov 29, 2011 at 16:25
  • @ceejayoz have just talked with them, but they are not blocking that.
    – Avinash
    Nov 29, 2011 at 16:30

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There are a few options.

  • hosts file (you already tried)
  • DNS Cache (clear it with ipconfig /flushdns)
  • DNS Server (check it with nslookup as posted above)

probably the "ipconfig /flushdns" will solve the problem as your DNS Server should have the proper records.

also dont forget to check your DNS Server settings

ipconfig /all should show those, they need to be reachable.

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  • how to run "iptables /flushdns"? As I am getting "Windows can not find iptables"
    – Avinash
    Nov 29, 2011 at 16:17
  • you can run the iptables command in a command box (cmd.exe)
    – Flash
    Nov 29, 2011 at 16:18
  • ipconfig /flushdns is executing that I have tried but iptables not working..
    – Avinash
    Nov 29, 2011 at 16:19
  • What are you talking about? iptables is the interface to netfilter on most Linux distributions. It's not a Windows application and even on Linux, it doesn't have anything to do with the DNS cache.
    – MDMarra
    Nov 29, 2011 at 16:21
  • Very sorry, I ment ipconfig. changed the answer (fail /me for doing both linux and windows randomly)
    – Flash
    Nov 29, 2011 at 16:23

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