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Update 1: Now this applies to other countries that have problem with slowness accessing Facebook.

Since there are many baseless claims about the security of using the method from my previous post, so I decided to come up with a better fix, thanks to Anime4000.

Guys and girls who kiasi about security, update your Hosts file. Thank you.

Readers from my previous post

So, if you have been reading my previous method, continue here. Newbie? Read the next title. All you need to do is just replace 203.106.85.66 with static.ak.fbcdn.net

Since it’s a Facebook’s CDN server, I am sure now no one would complain about the previous fix. On top of that, what you get is improved speed, as usual. Enjoy.

New Readers

If you are having difficulty accessing facebook, this solution might work for you. Affected users only.

Why? this is because it is most likely caused by one of the hop servers at “facebook-10G.hkix.net [202.40.161.110]” which located at Hong Kong Internet Exchange.
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As time progresses, there are more and more claims about the security of using the method from my previous post.

Since this fix was not meant for public originally. I shared the fix on Facebook mainly for my friends. I did not expect it to go viral. As everyone is getting a piece of the share, I thought of blogging it.

How I get the IP 203.106.85.66? Continue reading →

Update 1: Added for Linux/Ubuntu users
Update 2: Added support on how to overwrite hosts file for Windows XP and Windows 7. Update 3: Removed some clutter. Divided into sections.
Update 4: Added for Mac (by popular demand, and laziness to read the comments).
Update 5: Added video tutorial for Windows. Credits to AbeZ.
Update 6: Scared getting hacked? Read this.
Update 7: From 13th March 2011 – 16th March 2011, no report one’s Facebook account who uses the following IP 203.106.85.66 had their FB account hacked.
Update 8: Explanation of the fix: Read this.

Update 9: This fix is outdated. Try a new one. Go here!

If you are having difficulty accessing facebook, this solution might work for you. Affected users only.

Why? this is because it is most likely caused by one of the hop servers at “facebook-10G.hkix.net [202.40.161.110]” which located at Hong Kong Internet Exchange.

1.0 Solution

I found a temporary solution to fix the speed issue with facebook.
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