New Second Life Network Architecture

…chnology forum. See it here: Second Life Network Architecture. Second Life Network Architecture – 2015 Quoting: To the left (in red) are pieces of the viewer. To the right (in blue) are simhost/simulators and other backend services. And at bottom (in green) are new CDN services. Solid lines with arrowheads are communication paths, either UDP or TCP/HTTP. Dashed lines indicate legacy communication paths that are now or soon will be deprecated, obso… Continue reading

#SL Direct Delivery Problems Continue

We are into week 2 of Direct Delivery. The problems continue to mount. JIRA’s continue to pile up. The Lab has apparently cut off support for Magic Boxes. In general things are a frustrating mess. Support In a thread on SLUniverse some people have filed trouble tickets for Magic Box problems. They are getting a canned response that the Lab stopped supporting Magic Boxes March 21, 2012. They are asked to move to Direct Delivery (DD). I don’t under… Continue reading

WARNING – Network Krack

…ccess point. Without a password on your router, anyone can connect to your network. It is dumb not to have a password protected network. Shades of Black Routers provided by most ISP’s have a password set by default. It is the long alphanumeric number provided on a sticker on the site of the router/gateway device. The last router I bought did not have a password set by default. Manufacturers seem to think the initial setup is easier with no passwor… Continue reading

SL Community Help

…ver that may mean they aren’t saying. The wiki has this description of the Network: The Resident Help Network (RHN) program is designed to promote “the best of the best” volunteer-run help groups inworld through a cohesive network. Linden Lab reviews each group through an application process, and each group that passes muster is added to our approved network. The first groups into the new searchable network are listed below, as well as in the Dest… Continue reading

Second Life: What Viewer Statistics?

…sure of network performance, how long it takes a packet to travel from the network card in your computer to the ‘remote servers’ network card and back. So, the viewer ping and the operating system ping are very different things. It doesn’t show in the image, but my ASUS ping, Windows ping, and the viewer ping are different. ASUS and Windows tend to match. The viewer ping is always slower, often considerably slower. System ping is often 10ms when t… Continue reading

Direct Delivery JIRA List

…When filing JIRA’s one wants to be sure they are not filing a duplicate issue. That is not an easy thing to determine. Sassy Romano has made it easier for those with Direct Delivery problems. One of the good things about checking for duplicates is one often finds the current work around methods or even fixes for the problem. So, check them out. See: EXISTING MARKETPLACE JIRAS ISSUE LOG.  … Continue reading