http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Download

Scroll down to "Installers."

We're using this over on ValleyGrid and it seems to work very well. And, more importantly, is compatible with OSGrid (which recently updated all its regions).

By upgrading, you can hypergrid teleport both to and from OSGrid.

When you run an earlier version on your home server, you can only hypergrid teleport FROM OSGrid.

Another new development is OSGrid's new automated region server. It automatically downloads and install all the right files — AND CONFIGURES YOUR ROUTER for you. (Wow! Really??)

Check it out here: http://www.osgrid.org/elgg/pg/utilities/connect

– Maria

To get to my router, I pulled up http://192.168.1.1/ in my browser.

I went to Setup and clicked on DHCP Reservations. There, I created a new reservation for the computer that was running the OpenSim application. Basically, I created a static internal IP address for my computer, using my computer's MAC address, a.k.a. HWaddr. It was a Linux computer, so I was able to get the number by entering "ifconfig -a" at the command prompt. (On a Windows PC, you would type "ipconfig /all" at the DOS prompt.) A MAC address looks something like this: 00:1B:24:1A:7D:79

Once I permanently forwarded that MAC address to an internal port — I picked 192.168.1.106 — I went to the "Applications & Gaming" tab and added a new entry under "Single Port Forwarding." For the name of the application, I used "OpenSim", for the internal and external port I used 9000, selected both UDP and TCP, entered 192.168.1.106 for the TP address and clicked on "Enabled."

Then I repeated the process twice more for port 9001 and 9002, pointing them all to 192.168.1.106. (You should do this for each region port that you're using.)

Note that I'm using different versions for each: 9395 for the standalone (as in this article) and whatever osgrid requires at the time for the other.