I can't log in to SL on my macbook only?

[ElenaRose1]

I can not log on to second life when using my macbook. The message reads "Darn. You have been logged out of second life. Check your internet connect." But when I use another laptop in my house that is using the same wifi, I CAN log on. I don't understand why that message comes up only on my lap top. I've been trying to log on to it for 3 days now and it's not working. HELP!

[Freecilla Kuhn]

SL requires a cable or DSL connection for a mac. Plus your mac has to be 10.6 or newer or SL wont work. You could try an older SL viewer or third party viewers as they do work in most instances.

[Rolig Loon]

• On your Mac, open System Preferences and go to Network > Advanced > DNS
• Hit the plus button (+) and type in the numbers 8.8.8.8.
• Hit the plus button (+) and type in the numbers 8.8.4.4.
  • If you live in Asia or Australia, you will need to use the following numbers instead of those just listed: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. Even those in other parts of the world might find this pair to work better, so if you complete the process and find no change, repeat it with this set.
• Close the System Preferences and restart your viewer.

What this does:

• This process adds GoogleDNS and/or OpenDNS to the DNS servers your Mac attempts to use. There is no need to delete the numbers already there; if the system cannot work with them, then it will go down the list until it finds one it can.
• The issue is related to Linden Lab JIRA VWR-26759. Any additional information we know about it is on that JIRA.
• If you would like to read about either of these DNSes before adding them to your system, you can visit their pages here for Google or or here for OpenDNS. You may have another set you would prefer to try besides these two, but as you can see on the Linden Lab JIRA, the changes in DNS are the only known fixes for this set of problems.