Never underestimate the simple screwups! I just spend an hour restoring my previously working "public" URL and could not log on from any other machine even though I could see the wiki page!
Turns out I had an entry in the /etc/hosts file so that my public URL was redirected to 127.0.0.1 (i.e. the local machine!), removing that line restored normal operation! Karen On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Karen Palen <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using an Airlink ar325W - this is a low end consumer router/wifi that > I bought on sale for $14.95! > > I HAVE found that the box running OpenSim must be in the "DMZ" (open access > to ALL ports) AND I need each port individually routed to that IP address > (192.161.1.107 in my case). > > It appears that the handshaking process when you connect to a region opens > a random port in the 60000 range which it needs to connect. > > You also need to be sure that EVERY reference both in the config,ini > (myworld.ini for diva) and the regions.ini point to the SAME URL. > > In my case that is normally: > http://mars-simulator.hobby-site.org:9000/wifi (polite visitors welcome > :-) ). > > This weekend I did a demo at a SciFi convention with no Internet connection > and changed both INI files to "192.168.1.107". Everything worked fine after > a few minutes of waiting for the old settings to timeout. > > Naturally Hypergrid did not work, but everything else worked just fine! > > I have just reset everything to the normal external address > http://mars-simulator.hobby-site.org:9000/wifi and things started up with > no problems - so far. :-) > > I definitely suggest setting up the Diva distro to start with if only to > resolve these kinds of issues and give you a "gold standard" for reference! > > In my case (10 regions, max 6 users at once) the Diva distro has proven > more than adequate for my needs. > > I am using a low end AMD Athlon II X3 445 (3 core) processor (Fry's for > $64) which handles the CPU load nicely (more in the wiki ASAP) > > Karen > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Damon Hindermann <[email protected]>wrote: > >> If your client and server are on the same side of the router, then you >> must >> have loopback enabled on the router. Check to be sure your router is on >> the >> "approved" list since opensim does something very funky in its >> communications. >> >> I had my router set up with loopback and had the manufacturer verify that >> loopback was enabled and that rules were being created. Everything was as >> it should be, however, opensim still did not work. I finally purchased a >> Linksys router that runs DD-WRT. I needed a router that provides many >> more >> services than a consumer router provides and DD-WRT does most. >> >> I hope that this eventually this gets fixed in opensim since other >> client/server applications work fine without needing "special" routers. >> Until then, getting a router on the approved list is the only way. >> >> -Damon >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 5:29 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Configure an OpenSim to use the ROBUST >> services >> >> >> just a little update: >> >> have now tried adding the external IP address as the InternalAddress in >> the >> region.ini as suggested by Ben and have added the entry in the host file, >> still getting up to the "Waiting for region handshake..." then the usual >> "we're having trouble connecting, there may be a problem with your >> internet" >> >> error in the emerald client but i have also tried metabolt (text client) >> and >> i get "avatar did not rezz as expected". >> >> now the opensim server is running from my friends ADSL line with a 512mb >> upload speed in theory i should still be able to connect and the avatar >> should rezz (maybe slowly) or is the upload too small to support a >> connection? >> >> Thanks >> James >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:42 PM >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Opensim-users] Configure an OpenSim to use the ROBUST services >> >> > Hi Folks >> > >> > My friend and I are working on setting up Opensim in grid mode >> > (robust), so everything seems to be working okay when accessed the >> > grid from the lan using -loginuri http://XXXXXX.dyndns.org:8002 for >> > the login url but when I try to access the grid from an external >> location >> it hanging : >> > >> > [14:11] Logging in. Viewer may appear frozen. Please wait. >> > [14:11] Logging in... >> > [14:11] Processing Response... >> > [14:11] Initializing World... >> > [14:11] Initializing multimedia... >> > [14:11] Decoding images... >> > [14:11] Waiting for region handshake... >> > [14:11] MOTD: United we stand, divided we fall. >> > >> > with a message that there was a problem while trying to connect. >> > >> > Ports 9000-9010 tcp and udp are open on both router and xp firewall, >> > so my next line of thought was the region.ini there is no mention >> > (that i can find) that says you can't still using the 9000 range in >> > the region.ini when in grid mode, here is an example of the >> > region.ini, do you have to specify an InternalAddress if your going to >> > access the grid from an external network >> > >> > [Europe 1] >> > RegionUUID = "397fd0f8-4279-48d6-8ce2-573d915630dd" >> > Location = "4168,4665" >> > InternalAddress = "0.0.0.0" >> > InternalPort = 9000 >> > AllowAlternatePorts = False >> > ExternalHostName = "XXXXXX.dyndns.org" >> > >> > >> > Thanks in advance for the help. >> > >> > James >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Opensim-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> > >
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