I cannot search while in SL. My internet connection is full... what's going on?

[Summerb89]

I am unable to search for places or people during gameplay. A window will pop up and appear to be loading, but it crashes everytime. I have reliable internet and all otherl programs closed. What can I do?

[Knowl Paine]

Check your computer's firewall settings.

You could visit an empty Region, and see if it works there.

Try using a different internet browser. I use IE, or Firefox, both have good features, imo.

 

I'm not familiar with the various Options for opening a window in SL, maybe another Resident here, does know. Might improve your pc performance.

 

[Peggy Paperdoll]

Lower your bandwidth in preferences to not more than 75% of your tested speed.  http://www.speedtest.net/ is a good (and free) broadband speed test site.  2 or 3 tests to both San Francisco, CA and Dallas, TX and take the average of all tests (to both locations) would give you a good base to start with.  Or you can use the default setting of 500 kbps..........that is generally a good speed for most people (it's the speed I usually have set and I have a tested speed of over 12 mbps).

[Malate Banufong]

Grid Status Report - [Closed 12:02 PM PST, 06 February 2013] Our search engine is performing properly again. Please note it will take the search engine some time to fully re-incorporate current event and traffic values.