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restarting the Sender. This topic is expanded considerably in Network Interface binding on the Sender on page 86 . 8. Linux Sender machine name and IP address-The default on Linux is to bind the machine name to the following loopback interface in the /etc/hosts file: 127.0.0.1 blade2 localhost.localdomain The RGS Sender will not accept remote connections with this configuration. Edit the /etc/hosts file and bind the machine name to its proper IP address as follows: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain 88.1.89.122 blade2 blade2.datacenter.com For Linux systems with multiple network interfaces, each I.P. address must be listed in the /etc/ hosts file for example: 192.168.89.122 blade2 blade2.datacenter.com 192.168.90.111 blade2b blade2b.datacenter.com 9. User-started X environments do not reliably support outside connections-Users who manually start X desktops (such as with startx) from the console command line will find that outside access attempts may not properly connect or be authenticated. This stems primarily from incomplete PAM session management and permissions to the console. Users should avoid this condition, and achieve login management through the display manager launched in init-level 5 of the system. 10. Microsoft Windows APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing)-APIPA can cause the RGS Sender to open sockets on private IP addresses. This can occur, for example, if the Sender computer is unable to connect to a DHCP server. Because the private IP addresses are not visible to the RGS Receiver, RGS connections will not work. You can verify if the Sender is using private IP addresses by typing the following in a command window: netstat -n -a If the IP address associated with the Sender port (listening port 42966) is private, APIPA is the likely cause. For more information on this topic, go to: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/220874 11. Log out-If you do log into the Remote Computer to verify any of the above items, ensure that you log out when you're done. Network Interface binding on the Sender If the Remote Computer has multiple network interfaces, beginning with RGS 5.4.0 the Sender defaults to "listening" on all network interfaces. If this is undesirable, the previous behavior can be restored by manually configuring the network interface binding properties. 86 Chapter 4 Pre-connection checklist

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restarting the Sender. This topic is expanded considerably in
Network Interface binding on the
Sender
on page
86
.
8.
Linux Sender machine name and IP address
—The default on Linux is to bind the machine
name to the following loopback interface in the /etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 blade2 localhost.localdomain
The RGS Sender will not accept remote connections with this configuration. Edit the /etc/hosts file
and bind the machine name to its proper IP address as follows:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
88.1.89.122 blade2 blade2.datacenter.com
For Linux systems with multiple network interfaces, each I.P. address must be listed in the /etc/
hosts file for example:
192.168.89.122 blade2 blade2.datacenter.com
192.168.90.111 blade2b blade2b.datacenter.com
9.
User-started X environments do not reliably support outside connections
—Users
who manually start X desktops (such as with startx) from the console command line will find that
outside access attempts may not properly connect or be authenticated. This stems primarily from
incomplete PAM session management and permissions to the console. Users should avoid this
condition, and achieve login management through the display manager launched in init-level 5 of
the system.
10.
Microsoft Windows APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing)
—APIPA can cause the
RGS Sender to open sockets on private IP addresses. This can occur, for example, if the Sender
computer is unable to connect to a DHCP server. Because the private IP addresses are not visible
to the RGS Receiver, RGS connections will not work. You can verify if the Sender is using private
IP addresses by typing the following in a command window:
netstat -n -a
If the IP address associated with the Sender port (listening port 42966) is private, APIPA is the
likely cause. For more information on this topic, go to:
kb/220874
11.
Log out
—If you do log into the Remote Computer to verify any of the above items, ensure that
you log out when you’re done.
Network Interface binding on the Sender
If the Remote Computer has multiple network interfaces, beginning with RGS 5.4.0 the Sender defaults
to “listening” on all network interfaces. If this is undesirable, the previous behavior can be restored by
manually configuring the network interface binding properties.
86
Chapter 4
Pre-connection checklist