[Opensim-users] Waiting for Region Handshake

Sat May 18 07:08:06 UTC 2013

In trying to resolve this, I followed the advice Fleep provided.
I believe I can satisfy all of the suggestions made.
Checking my standalonecommon.ini, I found many instances of 127.0.0.1 -
lines 68,76,78-83,155,271,274,290,291,309....should they all be changed to
my external IP address?
With attachment this time

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Fleep Tuque <fleep513 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> 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 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.  I had to do
> the same thing at work for the university grid, having it placed in the DMZ
> and assigned an external only static IP.
>
> 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
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> Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088
> chris.collins at uc.edu
> (513) 556-3018
>
> http://ucsim.uc.edu
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 5:39 AM, Paul Rayner <prayner.basil at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> I'm hosting a standalone OpenSim 0.7.5 at home, on Ubuntu 11.10 64bit.
>>
>> I need/want it for school, and when I try and connect from school I get a
>> "Waiting for Region Handshake" error when trying to connect with Imprudence
>> viewer.
>>
>> I believe I've ascertained the school firewall is open - I used
>> http://124.254.81.40:9000/simstatus and got the required OK.
>>
>> My router is a Billion Bipac 7300A. In reading OpenSim documentation, I
>> only found at last week I need reverse NAT (or something to that effect). I
>> had never seen it in any system requirements. After checking the web, I
>> believe the router does support it.
>>
>> I can connect fine from my LAN.
>>
>> I'd appreciate ANY advice I can get to have it up and running. I'd dearly
>> love to have it working ASAP - after a long wait to have the port open at
>> school. I'm now behind the 8ball timewise.
>>
>> Paul
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