Trav Rexen

My recent DSL upgrade to AT&T U-Verse included a new 2Wire 3600HGV modem/router "wireless gateway" device. Using a Macbook Pro (Snow Leopard) and the Firestorm viewer (version 4.1.1 [28744]) I was able to login to Second Life. However, I found that all avatar names in my contact list were blank, and I was unable to teleport outside the sim, upload textures, etc. It turns out that this problem was caused by the way the 2Wire router handles DNS requests on this Mac. I was able to correct the problem by changing the Mac network configuration to use an Open DNS service instead of the default service employed by the 2Wire router. On the Mac, I changed the DNS Server address (System Preferences -> Network -> DNS Server) to the server closest to me. You may choose an Open DNS server at www.opendns.com.