Hi Emperor, <div><br>The key thing to note is that Opensim resolves the DNS of your region server locally, no matter what IP/hostname address is configured in your regions.ini file. The thread I linked goes into great detail about why that is: <a href="http://opensim-users.2152040.n2.nabble.com/NAT-amp-Corporate-Firewall-td6223654.html">http://opensim-users.2152040.n2.nabble.com/NAT-amp-Corporate-Firewall-td6223654.html</a><div>
<br></div><div>In the case of my home network, I followed all of the troubleshooting steps, too, did everything you have done, and it still just would not work until I ponied up to pay my ISP for a static IP address that I could use for both internal and external connections. That resolved all my problems.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you are 100% sure that the NAT loopback is working, 100% sure that you've checked that UDP packets are getting through (with the <a href="http://portforward.com">portforward.com</a> tool), and 100% sure that your firewall and virus protection software aren't blocking things, then that would be my recommendation - get a static IP address from your ISP.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The networking piece is the single hardest part of setting up an Opensim grid. Once you solve this problem, everything else will seem like a cakewalk in comparison.</div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck,</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Chris/Fleep</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)</div><div>Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM)</div><div>UCIT Instructional & Research Computing</div>
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<div>(513) 556-3018</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://ucsim.uc.edu">http://ucsim.uc.edu</a><br><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Emperor Starfinder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emperor@secondgalaxy.com" target="_blank">emperor@secondgalaxy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the information. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve tried the following:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>I ensured that NAT Loopback is set accordingly.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>I’ve given the machine a static IP within my network.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>I’ve experimented with changing the External IP Address from a numeric IP such as 192.168.1.xx to a domain name such as <a href="http://example.dyndns.org" target="_blank">example.dyndns.org</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>I’ve moved the machine’s static IP to the DMZ as I had seen suggested in a forum post (forget the forum.)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>I’ve double checked to be sure the firewall isn’t blocking the ports ( I even tried this with firewall turned off).<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>I’ve successfully logged into the region via another pc on my network using multiple different viewers so it is clearly something not resolving the ip for viewers externally.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">These steps are all producing the same result.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Is there a file that perhaps I can look at i.e. viewer log, etc that might shed light on this as well?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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