Thank you to everyone who helped all is now working - simple when it works! I have a standalone diva distribution (0.75 opensim) with 5 regions working (ports 9000-9004) and 3 simultaneous avatars working with insignificant lag, even with my ancient Pentium 4 Processors. Curiously http://www.canyouseeme.org/ reports ports 9001-9004 as connection refused which proved to be a red herring.
The primary issues related to the dynamic address not updating as expected and configuring the BT Home Hub 3 router (there is a lot of confusion on the web regarding versions A or B and firmware updates e.g. NAT loop back or not.) . - A dynamic dns service linked a url to my address to my routers external address (dynamic) - The ExternalHostName was set to this external URL in both the MyWorld.ini and Region.ini files e.g. Region Config.ini - Port forwarding was set up for TCP and UDP on ports 9000-9004. BT Home Hub 3 despite many BT community forum blogs comments must now be supporting NAT loop back (the router recognises that the external url refers to its own address). I am now able to access the server over the internal LAN as well. I need to add the BT Home Hub 3 to the open simulator site as working. Next step is making is to make this robust/backups etc. Oh and recruit participants :) Thanks again. Tom Willans BSc(Hons) MBCS CITP PhD Student Serious Games Institute, Coventry University United Kingdom Managing Director Bessacarr Publications Ltd Senior Research Representative:Engineering and Computing +44 (0)121 288 0281 email: [email protected] skype: tom.willans Second Life and OSGrid: Tom Tiros Sent from my iPad On 17 Apr 2013, at 12:59, Fleep Tuque <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > This is a fairly common question that can have a number of different root > causes. > > It might be helpful to go over the details of exactly what happens when you > try to log in. Based on my understanding and previous posts from Justin, > Diva and others, this is my understanding of how it works: When you start up > the client and enter your name/password, it sends those details to the > OpenSim login service. If your password is correct, it tells the region > simulator that you're coming. The login service then sends back to your > client the IP address and port to use to enter that region based on the > information in the regions.ini configuration file. Your client then connects > to the region using those details. > > If you are stuck at "Connecting to Region.." or "Waiting for region > handshake..." then your client successfully connected to the Opensim login > service, but the information it is using to try to connect to the region (IP > address and port number) is not allowing the connection. This can be any > number of issues related to your networking setup. > > 1) Check to make sure you have the correct ports open on your router and > firewall by reviewing the Opensim Network Settings page and Firewall settings > page. You can verify this by using 3rd party port checker software, I've > used this successfully: http://portforward.com/help/portcheck.htm > > 2) If you are on a home network, make sure your router supports NAT > Loopback, per the instructions on the Opensim wiki: > http://opensimulator.org/wiki/NAT_Loopback_Routers > > 3) If you do not have a router that supports NAT Loopback, or are on a > corporate or campus network with 1-to-1 NATing, you will need to have an > external static IP address assigned to your server for users outside your > network to connect. See this thread for more information: > http://opensim-users.2152040.n2.nabble.com/NAT-amp-Corporate-Firewall-td6223654.html > > I run FleepGrid from home and since my router didn't support NAT Loopback, I > got a static IP address from my ISP and that resolved all my issues with > people not being able to connect from outside my home network. > > Hope this info is helpful. Good luck and let us know how it goes! > > - Chris/Fleep > > > Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque) > Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM) > UCIT Instructional & Research Computing > University of Cincinnati > 406A Zimmer Hall > 315 College Drive > PO BOX 210088 > Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088 > [email protected] > (513) 556-3018 > > http://ucsim.uc.edu > > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to gain external access to my OS standalone server "Diva". On > the internal network all is fine even using my external url (via dynamic > dns). The External login gets as far as [SCENE]: Region Central > authenticated and authorized incoming root agent XXXXX (circuit code > 230241706) (using the rest console). Firestorm then fails giving the message > "Waiting for region handshake" after a number of attempts. > > The IP address is redirected using dynamic dns, the host machine has a > reserved IP address. Port forwarding for both TCP and UDP are set to > 9000..9004 to this machine is set up. I have the same problem with an without > the firewall on (but forwarding set). > > I am able to access the diva Wifi, webpage and use the rest console for this > machine. ssh works fine. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > > p.s. apologies for having sent request on another posting > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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