Did you check the iptables(if on linux) script? I used it succesfully to have both internal and external access to the sims.
kind regards, Jeroen On Wednesday 01 December 2010 14:45:52 iSkye Silverweb wrote: > I'm sorry if we are testing some people's patience on this. All the help > thus far is much appreciated. We have a lot to do, just as we're sure > everyone here on this list is also very busy. We would REALLY like to get > this solved. > > Initially, we followed the steps of installing the Diva distribution, and > the result was that our UK guy could log in from the LAN, but the two > external users could not get past the handshake. Then, the going round in > circles started. > > Let me give a recap of all we've checked, just so we're clear: > > Yes, we did look at the various websites like the one at the link you gave, > Diva, when installing the distro, and we followed the instructions, and we > have since checked and rechecked several times as the only help we seem to > be getting is links to the ports issue. > > YES, port 9000 is open on the server machine for TCP and UDP > YES, ports 9001 to 9003 are open for UDP > We have used a port checker which confirmed this, and > YES, they are open on the firewall and directed to the server machine. > We have checked with port checkers both from inside and outside the > network. > > YES, all address references in the myworld.ini and regions files point to > the DYNDNS address > YES, we have changed all the inside-LAN clients' hostfiles to point to the > DYNDNS address to the server > > We even bought a new router, since we learned the previous one was an older > model that did not support NAT loopback, after attempting multiple > (fruitless) firmware updates. The new router is a Sagem f...@st 2504 with > firmware version 2.8Sky (our broadband provider is Sky), which supposedly > does support NAT loopback. > > As a result: > EXTERNAL users can now get in, past the handshake and inworld, but > INTERNAL users fail at handshake. > > As we have said, the only way we we seem to get internal users in is by > adding an entry in the hosts file of the SERVER machine, which then > prevents people from outside getting in until that entry is removed from > the hosts file on the server machine. This is kludgy and not a good > permanent solution, but it enables us to work together. > > I hope this has made our problem more clear and that there is a solution > other than to keep checking the same information we have already looked at > and tried. All your help is very much appreciated, and we've learned an > enormous amount thus far, but we are still stymied by this last bit. > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Diva Canto <[email protected]> wrote: > > These issues are explained in several places, here's one: > > https://github.com/diva/d2/wiki/DNS _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
