[Opensim-users] problem logging in grid

[Eric Riebling]

Re: [Opensim-users] problem logging in grid

> what could be causing the problem?

The symptoms described sound like the exact situation I see when
the OpenSim Region(s) files have "external_host_name" configured
to a domain name that may not be resolving, or an incorrect 
IP address.  These symptoms include:

 1.  Person running the sim can connect (from localhost)
 2.  Sim console sees some activity when remote user tries to connect
 3.  Remote user sees some activity when trying to connect
 3.  Remote user gets the errors you mentioned

The fix (for me) was to put the IP address of the sim host in the
"external_host_name" in Regions/region-name.xml - this even allows
outside clients to connect by specifying the domain name, not the
IP address, but for the highest chance of success, using IP doesn't
hurt.  (specified on the command line that starts the viewer after
"-loginuri") for example:

  "C:\Program Files\Meerkat\Meerkat.exe" -loginuri 128.2.10.8:9000

Where the sim's host IP is 128.2.10.8, and it's Regions/region-name.xml
contains something like:

  external_host_name="128.2.10.8"

Of course this might not be YOUR problem, but it is one possibility.