On 07/10/2008, Adam Monsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Sebb, sorry for the slow response, and thank you very much for your
>  help so far.
>
>
>  On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 6:11 PM, sebb wrote:
>  > The client log shows:
>  >
>  > IP: 127.0.1.1 Name: scraps FullName: scraps
>  >
>  > which means that the client /etc/hosts is not set up correctly.
>
>
> That's strange! I've commented out the relevant line in /etc/hosts on
>  the client, but I can't see how that would have adversely affected
>  networking.
>
>
>  > However, that normally only affects the server.
>
>
> Interesting. Still not sure how a mapping for 127.0.1.1 would mess
>  things up... then again, I don't know how Java gets the host name.
>
>
>  > Normally, the error "Connection refused to host" means that the client
>  > cannot connect to the host, but you say that telnet works to the
>  > server port. Are there any firewalls or routers in between the client
>  > and server?
>
>
> Client is firewalled from inbound traffic, server is not firewalled.
>
>
>  > Are you sure the client is using the correct port?
>
>
> Ok, I noticed the server was trying to connect *back* to the client on
>  a high TCP port. I opened this port and now I can run JMeter tests
>  remotely. Does it make sense that the server needs a direct connection
>  back to the client? I don't remember reading about this in the JMeter
>  user manual.

Yes, the return connection is a feature of how RMI works.

If you can suggest where best to put this info in the JMeter docs -
i.e. where you would go looking for it - I'll add it.

>
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>
> Adam Monsen
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