[Opensim-dev] GridServer RPC security and region alive heartbeat

[Chris Down]

By having reasonably frequent updates of connected regions, it would then be
possible to show the region status on the client map. In addition perhaps
the status could be used to check a region is up prior to teleporting.
Currently, if you teleport to an inactive region, there is quite a delay
before the user regains control of the client interface.

Chris

> One problem that surfaces are regions that attach to a grid and then go
> away. Having a simple, low-bandwidth way for the grid servers to know if a
> region is online or not would be useful. I was originally thinking once a
> day,but certainly not every few seconds.
> 
> 
> Charles

> From: Brian Wolfe <brianw at terrabox.com>
> 
> On the Region side, when a packet is sent out, it sets it's
> HeartbeatSent = true. I would also add a timer that every X
> (configurable via OpenSim.ini) seconds the timer would check
> HeartbeatSent, and if false send a heartbeat RPC call, then clear it to
> False.
>