[Opensim-users] SoaS offline question & shiny helm

Cider Jack ciderjack.vw at gmail.com
Fri Sep 16 01:17:32 UTC 2011


Not a problem, Sarge. It was a place to start.
I'll keep looking, I know the solution is around here somewhere!
Cheers,
~!CJ

On 9/15/11, Sarge Misfit <fubat.enterprises at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, Cider. Other than not having .NET Framework 3.5 installed,
> that's the only time I've had the same problem.
>
> On 9/14/11, Cider Jack <ciderjack.vw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sarge,
>> Looked in seven .ini files and couldn't find 'SYSTEMIP' anywhere, and
>> all IP addresses I did find were already pointing to 127.0.0.1. If I
>> misunderstood and 'SYSTEMIP' was used as a placeholder in this
>> context, I still didn't see any IP addresses that weren't pointing
>> home.
>> ~!CJ
>>
>> On 9/13/11, Sarge Misfit <fubat.enterprises at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Make absolutely sure that all of the IP addresses in the relevant .ini
>>> are 127.0.0.1. If you leave them saying SYSTEMIP, it looks for the
>>> default that is used to connect to a network.
>>>
>>> On 9/11/11, Cider Jack <ciderjack.vw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> That's actually a very plausible explanation. Probably if that step
>>>> were placed a bit later in the connection process would fix it. That
>>>> is, check to see which grid the viewer is pointing to before sending
>>>> the ping, and then only send that ping if it's aimed at SL. Sounds
>>>> like a basic if-then statement might solve it, but then I'm no
>>>> programmer! Who knows, LL might even appreciate recovering the
>>>> bandwidth that must burn. Although, it does allow them to keep an eye
>>>> on their competition...
>>>>
>>>> ~!CJ
>>>>
>>>> On 9/12/11, Mimetic Core <core at odosys.net> wrote:
>>>>> That's a strange one.  I'm by no means familiar with that aspect of the
>>>>> viewer code, but my best guess would be that since Imp is a hybrid
>>>>> viewer
>>>>> it needs to stop and send out that precious ping before it moves on to
>>>>> the
>>>>> final connection phase - regardless of which grid you're headed for -
>>>>> to
>>>>> maintain Linden's seal of approval.  If a particular viewer was geared
>>>>> ONLY for OpenSim grids it probably wouldn't need this extra procedure.
>>>>> I'm sure someone here can give you a definite answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> -core
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:04:01 -0500, Cider Jack <ciderjack.vw at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> IThe question I've seen asked on on this list before, but searching
>>>>>> through archives I'm not finding it. It regards SoaS, and how to use
>>>>>> it on a computer that isn't online. It seems to need an active network
>>>>>> connection to be able to log in. So what do I need to change to be
>>>>>> able to use SoaS when not connected to the network? It was a really
>>>>>> simple fix, if I recall.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Something related to share that the tin-foil-hatters among us may find
>>>>>> curious (if it's not already common knowledge and I'm just living
>>>>>> under a rock). I recently installed PeerBlock (formerly PeerGuardian)
>>>>>> to supplement my firewall. When connecting to OpenSim grids (including
>>>>>> SoaS), it seems Imprudence sends an outbound HTTP connection to Linden
>>>>>> Lab and won't allow login to any grid as long as that connection is
>>>>>> blocked. I haven't tried this with any other TPVs. It's difficult to
>>>>>> imagine any reason for LL to be notified anytime someone logs onto an
>>>>>> OS grid with a TPV. Probably just totally benign left-over code from
>>>>>> the original SL viewer that nobody's gotten around to removing, would
>>>>>> be my guess. Anyway, that's actually what sparked the fruitless
>>>>>> archive dig and the subsequent question above!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> ~!CJ
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