The region<<---->>region communications no longer use it. But, the grid<<---->>region communications still use it. So, probably best to leave that in your OpenSim.ini for time being.
BlueWall On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Chris Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > I would recommend including a bit more detail when posting to the users > list about what a change like this means - don't expect everyone to be a > developer :) > > From what I understand (Diva, others, please correct me if wrong), as of > SVN 8525, you no longer need to listen on port 8895 (or whatever you > have set up your server to listen on because this is configurable) when > connecting a region server to a grid (like hooking up a region to OS > Grid), hence > > remoting_listener_port = 8895 > > can be removed from the ini, and you can hence close that port on your > router because it isn't used any more. > > Remoting is just one method of communicating with other stuff over the > internet, and has until now required OpenSim to use an extra port for > interregion communication. Now, instead of using Remoting, Diva's > changes mean that HTTP is used instead, and this means the main HTTP > port set in your ini: > > http_listener_port = 9000 > > (or, again, whatever port number you are configured to listen on) is now > also used for interregion communications (joining a grid successfully). > > XML RPC is a protocol that is used by the remote administration tools > that many people use. It operates over the main http_listener_port > setting, hence the default of 9000 is also used for this sort of > communication. Those tools will be unaffected by this change. > > What this also means, which Diva stated, is that you can't mix and match > between older OpenSim instances and this newer OpenSim code. You can't > have regions expecting communication on port 8895 and not hearing > anything back - you need to be on a similar version of OpenSim (>= 8525) > > Diva or others, please correct me if I have misunderstood or > mistranslated any of this :) > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Diva Canto > Sent: 20 February 2009 04:57 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Opensim-users] r8525: no more remoting > > Just a heads-up to let everyone know that r8525 departs from .NET > Remoting for good. > Post-r8525 sims no longer listen on remoting ports, they use http > exclusively. This means that those of you who haven't updated your sims > in the past month or so won't be able to go to places that are > up-to-date. > > The UCI Hypergrid gateways are up-to-date. > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.10.25/1957 - Release Date: > 02/18/09 20:55:00 > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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