Facebook : Error code 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT)

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Today when I tried to open the Facebook site I got the dreaded 

Error code 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT)

error page instead.

    Looking online for a solution was fruitless. Even though many people had the same problem there was not any generic solution suggesting that the problem was user dependent.

After checking my network settings typing the following at the command line

ipconfig /all

I realized that my DNS servers were set at google's public DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 so I went to network settings and  selected the 

obtain dns server address automatically

setting and tried to access again Facebook and it worked.

Google's DNS servers were faster than my own ISP's but as it is stated in the documentation https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/performance

Note, however, that because nameservers geolocate according to the resolver's IP address rather than the user's, Google Public DNS has the same limitations as other open DNS services: that is, the server to which a user is referred might be farther away than one to which a local DNS provider would have referred. This could cause a slower browsing experience for certain sites.

In my case the server that Google DNS suggested was too far from my location and subsequently there was a connection timeout error issued from the facebook server.


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