Unable to access a specific website

hi,
I'm having the same problem & can't load up facebook login page
having this 'static.ak.fbcdn.net'
does anyone know what the solution is?

 

open command prompt: start - run - type cmd - hit enter
type ipconfig/flushdns - hit enter
give the site a try after that

 

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your reply.
I tried that but the reply came back that the requested operation requires elevation.
I tried loading facebook and it still can't work.

Lydia

 

the requested operation requires elevation is something in vista which makes it so a user cant run programs in cmd without admin rights. easy way around this is to find where command prompt actually is and run it as administrator. just have to right click command prompts and runas administrator.

http://www.home-network-help.com/requires-elevation.html

once you do that, give the ipconfig/flushdns a try again.

 

Hey there... I am having this problem with facebook and I've just tried the flushdns but still no luck... it just keeps coming up with "transferring data from static.ak.fbcdn.net"..

Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

I manged to flushdns but it didn't fix the problem .
it still has that static... come up and the page still doesn't load

 

heres the thread i was looking for... i posted all this in the wrong thread somehow... anyway...

i dont know why thats happening, but we can get around that easily. it wont fix the specific problem, but itll get you to facebook.

windows has a file called a hosts file. this file acts as a type of "secondary dns" server. you can edit this file with the ip of facebook and basically allow your to use any www.whatever.com to get there. now i assume you have vista because ive never seen the requires elevation on xp. youll need admin rights to do this and it is completely safe to do.

go start - programs - accessories - right click notepad and click run as admin. if you get prompted for a password, type it in or click allow.

youll open the hosts file from here, since vista wont let you edit it without admin rights.

the file is usually in this path on xp, you might have to run a search on vista if its not here. C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc youre looking for a file called hosts. navigate that path in notepads 'open' and open hosts

when you open hosts in notepad, youll see some stuff already in there "commented out" with a # sign. that means whatever is after that # sign will be disregarded. what you should see without a # sign is something like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost

under that youll put the ip and address of facebook. itll look like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost
69.63.176.143 www.facebook.com

the 69.blahblah is facebooks IP address. once you do that, save the file and retry www.facebook.com. i tested this with facebooks ip and a generic www.generic.com and it worked fine. i should expect this to work for you, but again this is just getting around the problem, it isnt fixing it.

 

Did you move this thread Halo? I wasnt the original poster of this.

 

I almost did it but it wouldn't let me save.
says to check the file name and path

 

i'm using firefox, but i've downloaded opera, google chrome and IE... they all don't work...
as for disabling anti phishing, is that done through internet options? I've sorta tried that, it doesn't work either

 

Not at all. I was going to post back and have lokepy try your idea first anyway.

 

hihi, thanks for both your help!!
for some reason, it's decided to work in opera today, i didn't do anything... not sure how long it'll last. it still doesn't work on FF or IE...
as for the disabling the anti phising... somehow i just couldn't do it for FF...
yes, i am using vista ... i just couldn't figure how to run as administrator....
anyways, thanks once again for both your help... i might be here again if it crashes in opera!

 

Hi again...

I am still having this problem.. I am on XP and tried the hosts file suggestion and it still doesn't work in IE or FF..

Any other thoughts?

Thanks..

 

Did you try Halos suggestion? If not, try that out.




Im surprised it wont work with the hosts file edit. you can get to other web sites correct? also, is there any kind of web site blocker software installed that could just be blocking facebook? ive found that static.ak.fbcdn.net is actually a facebook site in a different location by running a tracert on both URLs. both URLs actually work for for facebook homepage it seems, however the IP of static.ak.fbcdn.net did not work in the browser and the IP of facebook.com does. you might have to contact your isp on this one. i have a feeling that if editing the hosts file with the actual ip of www.facebook.com doesnt work, the problem might not be on your side if the file was edited correctly.
try putting the Ip of facebook http://69.63.184.11 in your browser. does that work?

 

Hi there...

I have tried Halo's suggestion but no luck.. I downloaded and installed Opera today it is kind of works but doesn't load very quickly and looks very different and very messy.

I checked my hosts file and I typed it correctly so it should work. Accessing the IP directly doesn't work either.. same transferring message..

I'm cool to contact my ISP if you think that is the problem?

Thanks so much for your help.

 

well heres the if's

if you dont have any kind of software blocking access to facebook(firewall, parent controls, etc.) and if you cant access the site by ip or hosts file edit, and if you can get to other sites, then chances are strong it isnt on your side. id contact your isp or maybe even facebook tech support to see whats up. try one more thing for me before you do that.

**remember to remove the hosts file entry!

try this:

open cmd again
start - run - cmd

first do another ipconfig/flushdns
it seems the facebook ip changed from 69.63.184.140 to 69.63.184.142 overnight. so flushing your dns cache now might not be a bad idea.

after that while still in cmd

type ping www.facebook.com
let me know what happens.

should look like this:

ping www.facebook.com

Pinging www.facebook.com [69.63.184.142] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 69.63.184.142: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=242
Reply from 69.63.184.142: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=242
Reply from 69.63.184.142: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=242
Reply from 69.63.184.142: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=242

Ping statistics for 69.63.184.142:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 46ms, Maximum = 49ms, Average = 47ms

 

Hi Gumtree,

I think I know what you mean by the messiness in Opera...
I get it sometimes too....
Try https://login.facebook.com
in opera... it sometimes works for me....

 

Heya...

Well, I don't know of any software I have that is blocking facebook. I also get this problem from time to time on yahoo.com.au and a few other sites.

I tried the flush then the ping and got the reply from 69.63.176.143 so tried to access through ff and still no luck.. It works in opera but is still yuck..

I tried the other login suggestion in opera and it is still the same messy screen also...

Arghhh