I am getting a "Waiting for region Handhake" error message!

[Prevail Shuffle]

I am getting a "Waiting for region Handhake" error message and although i have followed all steps about firewall settings etc, i still get it.. I am in desperate need of help! :D Any other ideas for this error apart from the firewall thing???

[Ansariel Hiller]

Maybe the region has a problem. Did you try to login into a different region?

[valerie Inshan]

:smileyvery-happy: the firewall thing!

 

Waiting for region handshake

The "Waiting for Region Handshake" message occurs when the Second Life Viewer does not receive an acknowledgement from the server.  The usual cause of this error is a firewall blocking UDP packets. Reconfigure your firewall to resolve this problem.

For information on how to configure firewalls, see:

• Configuring your firewall
• Configure your software firewall

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Login-failure/ta-p/700109#Section_.1.1

:smileyhappy:

[Lindal Kidd]

If you're sure you've already opened the correct ports on both your software firewall and your router's NAT hardware firewall, then try turning your system off...computer, router, everything.  Wait a couple of mnutes.  Start everything up again and give it another try.

[valerie Inshan]

Last minute information:

 

RC Server Channel Rolling Restarts

[postED 6:40AM PST, 29 February 2012] We will be performing rolling restarts on the Magnum, BlueSteel, and LeTigre RC server channels this morning starting momentarily. Please refrain from rezzing no copy objects, making inworld L$ transactions and save all builds.

http://status.secondlifegrid.net/2012/02/29/post1574/