DNS COULD NOT RESOLVE THE HOST NAME SO I CANT CONNECT TO SL VIEWER ..HELP PLZ I SENT IN TICKETS

[Dollface Nightfire]

ITS BEEN A MONTH AND CANT LOG ON TO SL VIEWER HELP ...I SENT IN TICKET AFTER TICKET AND NO HELP CALLED LL NO HELP .....ERROR --LOGIN FAILED DNS COULD NOT RESOLVE THE HOST NAME ....HELP 

[Ansariel Hiller]

Already lots of answers here, for instance: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Getting-Started/DNS-could-not-resolve-host-name/qaq-p/854251

[Peewee Musytari]

If you have a Mac:

There is a JIRA about this problem for Macs https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-25627

Here is a fix posted by Gio Solo that might help you:

I found a temporary solution for my Mac. Now I can use Second Life Viewer 2.6.3.

I found the solution here: http://neilrobinson.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/a-fix-for-dns-errors/

Basically I had to add the following additional DNS servers to my DNS settings in Network settings under System Preferences:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

(for a step by step walkthrough see: http://second-lifers.livejournal.com/1135064.html )

If you have Windows or the above doesn`t fix your Mac

You can go back to viewer 2.6.2 here http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Supported_Viewers make sure you also switch off automatic updates in your preferences > setup, or it will just update you again

 

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[Lindsay Heslop]

I once had this Issue, I had joined a group using all symbols as my title, when I logged out it blocked me from logging in, I made another avatar and could log in as the new avatar, But not my main avatar that had the Group title in symbols.   If you remember joining such a group, have a ticket made to take you out of it and you will have access again,  This was NOT common but it was resolved after I finally got a helpful Linden to assist me