[Opensim-users] Opensim 0.6.6 release standalone hangs at 'Waiting for region handshake' (LoginPacketNeverReceived) on other intranet computers

[Robert Klein]

Hey Kevin,

I am running 0.6.4 and use 0.0.0.0 for internal port and an external
hostname for the external_host_name in Regions. I also use the external host
name for the loginuri on any machine external to my internal network and I
use the IP address in loginuri for machines inside my network. Hope this
helps. 

-Robert


Kevin Buckley wrote:
> 
> So this is where I am at (opensim 0.6.6 working externally, but not
> accessible on my internal LAN).
> 
>  
> 
> Many thanks to Clive Gould for getting me this far! (and I'm making this
> as
> detailed as I can to help anyone else stuck on this!)
> 
>  
> 
> For a 'standalone' implementation, V0.0.6 'Regions.ini' in
> (/bin/Regions)needs to look like this:
> 
> ===========================================
> 
> [Test Island]
> 
> RegionUUID = 37d57d73-ff97-482f-84ab-4f1f132a4092
> 
> Location = 1000,1000
> 
> InternalAddress = 0.0.0.0
> 
> InternalPort = 9100
> 
> AllowAlternatePorts = False
> 
> ExternalHostName = 11.22.33.44
> 
> MasterAvatarFirstName = 
> 
> MasterAvatarLastName = 
> 
> MasterAvatarSandboxPassword =
> 
> ===========================================
> 
> Running opensim the first time may enter most of the information - but
> some
> of it is not correct, so you need to edit it.
> 
>  
> 
> (Note: The wiki's talk extensively about files in '/bin/Regions' called
> 'default.xml'.  This is no longer the case and this file is replaced by
> 'Regions.ini' I believe.)
> 
>  
> 
> The 'ExternalHostName' is your numeric external IP address (11.22.33.44 is
> just example which I'll use again later).  I don't believe using a FQDN
> like
> 'www.mydomain.co.uk' will work here (unfortunately).
> 
>  
> 
> I have changed the InternalPort from 9000 to 9100 because I already have
> something on Port 9000.
> 
>  
> 
> In the router I have forwarded port 9100 to IP address 192.168.10.100
> (internal IP address of my opensim server PC) for both TCP and UDP
> packets.
> 
>  
> 
> Externally, my ISP provides a Dynamic IP Address.  I have a dynamic DNS
> service (like dynDNS) which constantly ensures 'www.mydomain.co.uk' points
> at my current external IP address ('11.22.33.44').
> 
>  
> 
> So - in the 2L viewer shortcut I use: "C:\Program
> Files\SecondLife\SecondLife.exe"  -loginuri http://www.mydomain.co.uk:9100
> 
>  
> 
> This works fine for a viewer outside the firewall .
> 
>  
> 
> However - this raises 2 problems.
> 
>  
> 
> Problem-1:  Whenever my ISP changes my IP address (about once a week) I
> have
> to manually edit 'ExternalHostName' in my 'Regions.ini' file and restart
> opensim!
> 
>  
> 
> Problem2:  I cannot access opensim from inside the firewall (PC's running
> Windows XP).  Even though I have edited the 'hosts' file (in
> c:Windows/system32/drivers/etc) to forward 'www.mydomain.co.uk' to
> 192.168.10.100 - so the viewer can 'see' opensim, it hangs at the region
> handshake again (because, I guess, the viewer is comparing 192.168.10.100,
> which it resolved from the hosts file, with 11.22.33.44 which I also guess
> is sent somewhere in the region login packet from opensim).
> 
>  
> 
> Problem#1 I could live with.  But the fact that it won't login unless the
> IP
> address provided in the viewer exactly matches the address in
> 'Regions.ini'
> makes it unworkable (and it seems a strange requirement - everything up to
> that point works just fine!).
> 
>  
> 
> I noticed from searching the forums that a request to fix this (I think)
> was
> put in by Paul Fishwick a few months ago.  Has it been fixed in a later
> revision?
> 
>  
> 
> Any ongoing help appreciated! - Kevin
> 
>  
> 
> *UPDATE* - I just saw 0.6.7 has been released - does anyone know if this
> issue has been resolved in this version?
> 
> I just built it using same ini's as v0.6.6 and the problem still seems to
> be
> there  :-(
> 
>  
> 
> 
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