Ten Sites Not Allowed in Malaysia - Let's Undo This! :)

As the title had mentioned, I will be showing all of you on how to undo the ban :). Let's take a look at our ten sites that are not allowed. (Of course there's actually more...)

Ah, miss them much?

If you are still missing your sites, be it piratebay, megaupload and all others, miss it no more because it's allllllll coming back to you ^~^. To explain, we'll all switch our DNS (Domain Name System) to Google's Public DNS.

You may ask : What is DNS? 

The DNS protocol is an important part of the web's infrastructure, serving as the Internet's phone book: every time you visit a website, your computer performs a DNS lookup. Complex pages often require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading, so your computer may be performing hundreds of lookups a day. 

All you have to do is to follow these steps :

Changing DNS server settings on Microsoft Windows 7

Go the Control Panel.

1. 1. Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center, and click Change adapter settings.
   2. 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.
   3. Select the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and then click Properties.
   4. 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.
   5. Click OK.
   6. 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.
   7. Replace those addresses with the IP addresses of the Google DNS servers:
      • For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
      • For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844
   8. Restart the connection you selected in step 3.
   9. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
   10. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Changing DNS server settings on Mac OS 10.5
   
   
   
   

   1. rom 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:
      • For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
      • For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844
   6. Click Apply and OK.
   7. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
   8. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.

Changing DNS server settings on Ubuntu

1. In the System menu, click Preferences, then click Network Connections.
2. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
• To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, select the Wired tab, then select your network interface in the list. It is usually called eth0.
• To change the settings for a wireless connection, select the Wireless tab, then select the appropriate wireless network.
3. Click Edit, and in the window that appears, select the IPv4 Settings or IPv6 Settings tab.
4. If the selected method is Automatic (DHCP), open the dropdown and select Automatic (DHCP) addresses only instead. If the method is set to something else, do not change it.
5. In the DNS servers field, enter the Google Public DNS IP addresses, separated by a space:
   • For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
   • For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844
6. Click Apply to save the change. If you are prompted for a password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
7. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
8. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.

As you may already have realized, these procedures are copied directly from Google Public DNS help. I've found this useful, so I've decided that it would be good to share~ <3 Now I can access to all websites that are supposed to be banned from the country. :) You can do it too! Just follow the instructions~!

A little demo that I'm doing on my desktop with Windows Vista :

Go into your control panel. Notice the Network and Internet? Click on View network status and task

and this will pop up : 

Click on View status and then this will pop up :

Now, click on Properties. The shield beside properties represent the permission from administrator, click continue and this will pop up :

Click once on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then click on Properties then it would open up to :

Note : If you have any DNS server ALREADY, please write it down somewhere and save it down if you want to switch back to your ISP's DNS in future.

If you are obtaining DNS automatically, click on Use the following DNS server addresses

Key in 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 like this :

Of course, after keying in, press OK!

And...... that's it! You can close any other windows there are and you're done! :) It's that simple, isn't it? Just give it a try, after you've changed to your new DNS, try going into Megaupload.com or any other banned sites, you can now access to it :P

Leave me a comment or so if you still do not know how to do it, I'll try my very best to help you out! :)