[Opensim-users] Configure an OpenSim to use the ROBUST services

Mon Sep 6 21:05:01 UTC 2010

I am using an Airlink ar325W - this is a low end consumer router/wifi that I
bought on sale for $14.95!

I HAVE found that the box running OpenSim must be in the "DMZ" (open access
to ALL ports) AND I need each port individually routed to that IP address
(192.161.1.107 in my case).

It appears that the handshaking process when you connect to a region opens a
random port in the 60000 range which it needs to connect.

You also need to be sure that EVERY reference both in the config,ini
(myworld.ini for diva) and the regions.ini point to the SAME URL.

In my case that is normally:
http://mars-simulator.hobby-site.org:9000/wifi(polite visitors welcome
:-) ).

This weekend I did a demo at a SciFi convention with no Internet connection
and changed both INI files to "192.168.1.107". Everything worked fine after
a few minutes of waiting for the old settings to timeout.

Naturally Hypergrid did not work, but everything else worked just fine!

I have just reset everything to the normal external address
http://mars-simulator.hobby-site.org:9000/wifi and things started up with no
problems - so far. :-)

I definitely suggest setting up the Diva distro to start with if only to
resolve these kinds of issues and give you a "gold standard" for reference!

In my case (10 regions, max 6 users at once) the Diva distro has proven more
than adequate for my needs.

I am using a low end AMD Athlon II X3 445 (3 core) processor (Fry's for $64)
which handles the CPU load nicely (more in the wiki ASAP)

Karen

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Damon Hindermann <damonh74 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If your client and server are on the same side of the router, then you must
> have loopback enabled on the router.  Check to be sure your router is on
> the
> "approved" list since opensim does something very funky in its
> communications.
>
> I had my router set up with loopback and had the manufacturer verify that
> loopback was enabled and that rules were being created.  Everything was as
> it should be, however, opensim still did not work.  I finally purchased a
> Linksys router that runs DD-WRT.  I needed a router that provides many more
> services than a consumer router provides and DD-WRT does most.
>
> I hope that this eventually this gets fixed in opensim since other
> client/server applications work fine without needing "special" routers.
> Until then, getting a router on the approved list is the only way.
>
> -Damon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of
> j_jamesk at hotmail.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 5:29 AM
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Configure an OpenSim to use the ROBUST
> services
>
>
>  just a little update:
>
> have now tried adding the external IP address as the InternalAddress in the
> region.ini as suggested by Ben and have added the entry in the host file,
> still getting up to the "Waiting for region handshake..." then the usual
> "we're having trouble connecting, there may be a problem with your
> internet"
>
> error in the emerald client but i have also tried metabolt (text client)
> and
> i get "avatar did not rezz as expected".
>
> now the opensim server is running from my friends ADSL line with a 512mb
> upload speed in theory i should still be able to connect and the avatar
> should rezz (maybe slowly) or is the upload too small to support a
> connection?
>
> Thanks
> James
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <j_jamesk at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:42 PM
> To: <opensim-users at lists.berlios.de>
> Subject: [Opensim-users] Configure an OpenSim to use the ROBUST services
>
> > Hi Folks
> >
> > My friend and I are working on setting up Opensim in grid mode
> > (robust), so everything seems to be working okay when accessed the
> > grid from the lan using -loginuri http://XXXXXX.dyndns.org:8002 for
> > the login url but when I try to access the grid from an external location
> it hanging :
> >
> > [14:11]  Logging in. Viewer may appear frozen.  Please wait.
> > [14:11]  Logging in...
> > [14:11]  Processing Response...
> > [14:11]  Initializing World...
> > [14:11]  Initializing multimedia...
> > [14:11]  Decoding images...
> > [14:11]  Waiting for region handshake...
> > [14:11]  MOTD: United we stand, divided we fall.
> >
> > with a message that there was a problem while trying to connect.
> >
> > Ports 9000-9010 tcp and udp are open on both router and xp firewall,
> > so my next line of thought was the region.ini there is no mention
> > (that i can find) that says you can't still using the 9000 range in
> > the region.ini when in grid mode, here is an example of the
> > region.ini, do you have to specify an InternalAddress if your going to
> > access the grid from an external network
> >
> > [Europe 1]
> > RegionUUID = "397fd0f8-4279-48d6-8ce2-573d915630dd"
> > Location = "4168,4665"
> > InternalAddress = "0.0.0.0"
> > InternalPort = 9000
> > AllowAlternatePorts = False
> > ExternalHostName = "XXXXXX.dyndns.org"
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the help.
> >
> > James
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