[Opensim-users] External Access to standalone

InuYasha Meiji inuyasha.meiji at gmail.com
Wed Apr 17 22:19:14 UTC 2013


Just tossing in my two cents.  I personally use DynDNS and the Dyn 
Updater to turn my dynamic IP into a more stable named ip.  As long as 
you don't go offline for an entire month it is free.  If you pay a fee 
it won't expire monthly.  It works for me, but I have a D-Link DGL-4500 
GamerLounge Xtreme N Gaming Router which includes loopback and 1 
gigabyte LAN.

With this setup my wife on the same network can log on, I can log on and 
any of my ten test users can as well including my friend from Australia, 
who has no problem getting on from half way around the world.

I had to make a few changes to get it to work.  On the home network I 
had to preassign each computer its own local IP to make my local IPs 
static.  I then have my computer running my grid on a local of 
192.168.0.198.  Then in each ini file I changed the 127.0.0.1 to that ip 
of 192.168.0.198.  I will continue to region ips if you say you're 
interested...

Trying to be helpfull,

InuYasha.

On 4/17/2013 11:27 AM, Tom Bess wrote:
> Hi Fleep, thank you for your advice. There does seem to be an issue 
> with my router. I cannot get a static IP address from my ISP hence I 
> used the dynamic IP. I will let you know how I get on. Thanks. Tom
>
> Tom Willans  BSc(Hons)  MBCS  CITP
> PhD Student
> Serious Games Institute, Coventry University
> United Kingdom
>
> Managing Director Bessacarr Publications Ltd
> Senior Research Representative:Engineering and Computing
> +44 (0)121 288 0281
> email: tom.willans at bessacarr.com <mailto:tom.willans at bessacarr.com>
> skype: tom.willans
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>
> Sent from my mobile
>
>
> On 17 Apr 2013, at 12:59, Fleep Tuque <fleep513 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:fleep513 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> This is a fairly common question that can have a number of different 
>> root causes.
>>
>> It might be helpful to go over the details of exactly what happens 
>> when you try to log in.  Based on my understanding and previous posts 
>> from Justin, Diva and others, this is my understanding of how it 
>> works:  When you start up the client and enter your name/password, it 
>> sends those details to the OpenSim login service. If your password is 
>> correct, it tells the region simulator that you're coming.  The login 
>> service then sends back to your client the IP address and port to use 
>> to enter that region based on the information in the regions.ini 
>> configuration file.  Your client then connects to the region using 
>> those details.
>>
>> If you are stuck at "Connecting to Region.." or "Waiting for region 
>> handshake..." then your client successfully connected to the Opensim 
>> login service, but the information it is using to try to connect to 
>> the region (IP address and port number) is not allowing the 
>> connection.  This can be any number of issues related to your 
>> networking setup.
>>
>> 1)  Check to make sure you have the correct ports open on your router 
>> and firewall by reviewing the Opensim Network Settings page and 
>> Firewall settings page.  You can verify this by using 3rd party port 
>> checker software, I've used this successfully: 
>> http://portforward.com/help/portcheck.htm
>>
>> 2)  If you are on a home network, make sure your router supports NAT 
>> Loopback, per the instructions on the Opensim wiki: 
>> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/NAT_Loopback_Routers
>>
>> 3)  If you do not have a router that supports NAT Loopback, or are on 
>> a corporate or campus network with 1-to-1 NATing, you will need to 
>> have an external static IP address assigned to your server for users 
>> outside your network to connect.  See this thread for more 
>> information: 
>> http://opensim-users.2152040.n2.nabble.com/NAT-amp-Corporate-Firewall-td6223654.html
>>
>> I run FleepGrid from home and since my router didn't support NAT 
>> Loopback, I got a static IP address from my ISP and that resolved all 
>> my issues with people not being able to connect from outside my home 
>> network.
>>
>> Hope this info is helpful.  Good luck and let us know how it goes!
>>
>> - Chris/Fleep
>>
>>
>> Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)
>> Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM)
>> UCIT Instructional & Research Computing
>> University of Cincinnati
>> 406A Zimmer Hall
>> 315 College Drive
>> PO BOX 210088
>> Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088
>> chris.collins at uc.edu <mailto:chris.collins at uc.edu>
>> (513) 556-3018
>>
>> http://ucsim.uc.edu
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Tom <tom.willans at bessacarr.com 
>> <mailto:tom.willans at bessacarr.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I am trying to gain external access to my OS standalone server
>>     "Diva".  On the internal network all is fine even using my
>>     external url (via dynamic dns). The  External login gets as far
>>     as [SCENE]: Region Central authenticated and authorized incoming
>>     root agent XXXXX (circuit code 230241706) (using the rest
>>     console).  Firestorm then fails giving the message "Waiting for
>>     region handshake" after a number of attempts.
>>
>>     The IP address is redirected using dynamic dns, the host machine
>>     has a reserved IP address.  Port forwarding for both TCP and UDP
>>     are set to 9000..9004 to this machine is set up. I have the same
>>     problem with an without the firewall on (but forwarding set).
>>
>>     I am able to access the diva Wifi, webpage and use the rest
>>     console for this machine. ssh works fine.
>>
>>     Any ideas?
>>
>>     Thanks
>>
>>     p.s. apologies for having sent request on another posting
>>
>>
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