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The Simplest Way to Access Blocked Facebook
These days, the famous social networks like Facebook or Twitter have been blocked by ISPs in many Asian countries (including Vietnam and China). In a recent article, I presented 7 Ways To Access Blocked Facebook from vtechtip.com. These tips helped us a lot, but there are some problems we still have to face, such as some tips are quite complex whereas some are not so efficient (in speed and other functionalities). Today I have a good news for Facebook users in Vietnam.
Google is launching its own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS, and they invite us to try it out. I have tried it to access Facebook and it is quite excellent, moreover the procedure is very simple, it takes you less than 1 minute!
These are the elaborate steps to configure in Windows:
- Go the Control Panel.
- Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center, then Manage network connections.
- Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
- To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, right-click Local Area Connection, and click Properties.
- To change the settings for a wireless connection, right-click Wireless Network Connection, and click Properties.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
- Select the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties.
- Click Advanced and select the DNS tab. If there are any DNS server IP addresses listed there, write them down for future reference, and remove them from this window.
- Click OK.
- Select Use the following DNS server addresses. If there are any IP addresses listed in the Preferred DNS server or Alternate DNS server, write them down for future reference.
- Replace those addresses with the IP addresses of the Google DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
- Restart the connection you selected in step 3.
- Test that your setup is working correctly.
All done! Have a good time with Facebook and Twitter. If you have any problem when executing this method, please comment below. 
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Doesn’t work. They already filtered google DNS.
Hi
What are the steps for Mac?
Thanks
Russ
Those are 6 steps for Mac OS X:
1. From the Apple menu, click System Preferences, then click Network.
2. If the lock icon in the lower left-hand corner of the window is locked, click the icon to make changes, and when prompted to authenticate, enter your password.
3. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
* To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, select Built-In Ethernet, and click Advanced.
* To change the settings for a wireless connection, select Airport, and click Advanced.
4. Select the DNS tab.
5. Click + to replace any listed addresses with, or add, the Google IP addresses at the top of the list: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
6. Click Apply and OK.
There does not seem to be an Advanced setting when I click on Airport. Help?
Here you are:
Looks like I had an older version. 4.2
Window doesn’t look the same
how can i do it in windows 7??
thanks..
DNS settings are specified in the TCP/IP Properties of your network connection. It is almost the same as Windows Vista.
hello! i know this is a shot in the dark but just wanted to know if there is a way to access facebook if I am using MediaNet (media.net.vn). Changing the dns of my wifi router using google dns or opendns didn’t work
Sorry, I don’t use MediaNet so I can’t help you. There are so few people using it, I will ask if I see anyone has the same problem.
Have you tried changing proxy/socks?
Hmmm,dude,if i i use the hotel’s wireless network and it doesn’t allow me to access facebook,can i use this way??
Of course you can.
Google DNS seemed to stop working in VN in the past few days. Please help.
It is still working for me. Have you tried other ways?
Can somebody try the following DNS, and let me know the results:
151.197.0.38
151.197.0.39
Google DNS also stopped working for me since last week… and the following DNS does not work either
Hello, I followed the instructions for a Mac and it worked fine for 2 weeks. Suddenly, my FB stopped working again. Any suggestions?
now u can access to facebook so simple just only add S in the end of link http! it mean https://www.facebook.com. just try it! hope u sucess to join ya facbook!
They block fb in vietnam again since june 15 2010. Change DNS doesnt work anymore. Any other solutions?
change foxyproxy doesnt work either
I try it but i still can’t acceese to my facebook at all!
Uhhm hi! could you tell me about the number address and port for proxy service plz! thank for ur kind
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hi! could you tell me the number address and port of proxy server plzz! thank kind:-)
1 simple way is that type s after http. its gonna be https://www.facebook.com. Just need to repeat doing that when u wanna log in fb, go to ur pofile, ur friends’ profiles, play games, ….
if it not work, so just try another way! just download this! and follow step! http://www.uevf.net/forum/showthread.php?11160-CA-ch-kha-c-pha-c-khA-ng-vA-o-AE-AE-a-c-facebook-cho-ma-ng-FPT-Viettel-vA-VNPT
hope you can do it! see ya in da facebook hihih !
Changing DNS still works well for FPT network and I heard that your solution solves the problem for VNPT.
Thanks for sharing.
Has anyone been able to access facebook from Vietnam since june 6, 2010?
I am still accessing Facebook in Vietnam as normal. Do you have any problem? I guess you are using VNPT, right?
hei……….I couldn’t open FB since 16th june, ow….it makes me far away from my family n friends. I changed DNS n other ways many time but still didin’t work.
Anyone could hel me please?
Kim, Indonesian
Have you tried these ways: http://tek3d.org/7-ways-to-access-blocked-facebook
Try lite.facebook.com
You rock!! almost dying here
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