[Opensim-users] Awaiting region handshake

[Guardian]

Are there any other options apart from replacing the router?
 On Aug 15, 2011 7:19 PM, "InuYasha Meiji" <inuyasha.meiji at gmail.com> wrote:
> Personally I use a
>
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> D-Link DGL-4500 GamerLounge Xtreme N Gaming Router
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> http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/d-link-dgl-4500/4505-3319_7-32748872.html
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> I have used it since 2005 and only had to replace it once due to a
> thunderstorm I didn't get eveything turned off and unplugged in time.
> It ost me only 80.00 us at my local Staples. Hint: don't try to boost
> things by turning on GameFuel. It works great for me, easy GUI, loop
> back works great and gets my friends on even half way around the world.
>
> I can't remeber the link, but when I was shopping for it, there was a
> list I had found on the OSGRID forums of what routers had loopback and
> which didn't. Maybe someone still has it.
>
> Good luck and keep it up. It took me so long to get things going.
> Thanks to friends in this list.
> InuYasha.
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> On 8/15/2011 2:05 AM, Guardian wrote:
>>
>> Hmmmm, OK.. that sounds logical. How do I get around this? Without
>> buying a new router as there would be no way of knowing if it supports
>> loop back until its in and running.
>>
>> On Aug 15, 2011 4:27 PM, "Gary Beck" <gab4gab at gmail.com
>> <mailto:gab4gab at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > If you use a host file on the server to resolve
>> myusername.dyndns.org <http://myusername.dyndns.org> to 192.168.1.251
>> that can cause the handshake to fail. The server will hand the viewer
>> [192.168.1.251 + the port of the region] as the address to use for the
>> UDP handshake. That will fail from outside your lan.
>> >
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