In a nutshell: The problem has to do with particular models of Linksys Routers (WRT160N v3 and WRT310N). Want the fix already?: manually set the DNS servers on your computer, instead of the router. I recommend Google Public DNS or OpenDNS. If you’re still interested in the details, continue with the rest of the article, as well as the valuable comments.
Update (07 January 2011): For users of Linksys WRT160N v3, a new firmware has been available for quite a while now. It is suggested that you upgrade to the the newest version (3.03) (and let us know in the comments if this works for you). Thanks to Bill Creswell for the tip!
Last night, I started experiencing this weird thing with Facebook: it was redirecting to MySpace for a few minutes at a time. Specifically, to a custom URL for one Samuel Garcia (aka SR388, whose status reads, “faceebook transition. in progress”).
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