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Message:

Must have a real IP address

Posted by Karen Meidl on November 03, 2001 at 7:46 AM

> This is what I get when I try to run RMI, WWW server and lookup on my home computer

> rmid -J-Dsun.rmi.activation.execPolicy=none
> Web server startup...
> java -jar /home/jim/files/jini1_1/lib/reggie.jar http://maxwell.localnet.home:8080/reggie-dl.jar /home/jim/files/jini1_1/example/lookup/policy.all /var/tmp/reggie_log public

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The problem we found is that Java does not handle 'localhost' (127.0.0.1) correctly. You must have a realy IP address. This means you must be connected to a network e.g. dial into your ISP if you are working from home.

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> Unable to invoke by reflection, the method: com.sun.jini.reggie.CreateLookup.create.
> An exception was thrown by the invoked method.
> java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.rmi.activation.ActivateFailedException: failed to activate object; nested exception is:
> java.rmi.activation.ActivationException: exception in object constructor; nested exception is:
> java.net.SocketException: error setting options
> java.rmi.activation.ActivationException: exception in object constructor; nested exception is:
> java.net.SocketException: error setting options
> java.net.SocketException: error setting options
> at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:245)
> at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:220)
> at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:122)
> at sun.rmi.server.Activation$ActivatorImpl_Stub.activate(Unknown Source)
> at java.rmi.activation.ActivationID.activate(ActivationID.java:89)
> at sun.rmi.server.ActivatableRef.activate(ActivatableRef.java:250)
> at sun.rmi.server.ActivatableRef.invoke(ActivatableRef.java:110)
> at com.sun.jini.reggie.RegistrarImpl_Stub.getServiceID(Unknown Source)
> at com.sun.jini.reggie.CreateLookup.create(CreateLookup.java:125)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
> at com.sun.jini.start.ServiceStarter.doCreate(ServiceStarter.java:951)
> at com.sun.jini.start.ServiceStarter.create(ServiceStarter.java:269)
> at com.sun.jini.start.ServiceStarter.create(ServiceStarter.java:211)
> at com.sun.jini.reggie.CreateLookup.main(CreateLookup.java:88)

> The strangest is that on my work place (with full T1 internet connection) it really works fine !
> I have the same configuration (JDK 1.3, JINI 1.1 and Linux/Windows) for work and home but it fails.. Any help ?