[erlang-questions] Re: node connectivity problem

[Boris Okner]

Thanks Michael,

I followed your advice and figured it was a firewall problem.

Thanks a lot, that was really helpful.

Regards,
Boris

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Michael Santos <michael.santos@REDACTED>wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 09:24:58PM -0700, bokner wrote:
>
> > Then on box #1:
> >  erl -name xmpp1@`hostname` -kernel inet_dist_listen_min 6000
> > inet_dist_listen_max 6050 -setcookie testcookie
> >
> > and on box #2:
> >  erl -name xmpp2@`hostname` -kernel inet_dist_listen_min 6000
> > inet_dist_listen_max 6050 -setcookie testcookie
>
> > epmd on server1.net shows following:
> >
> > epmd: Sun Sep 12 01:40:32 2010: opening connection on file descriptor
> > 6
> > epmd: Sun Sep 12 01:40:32 2010: got 8 bytes
> > ***** 00000000  00 06 7a 78 6d 70 70 31
> > |..zxmpp1|
> > epmd: Sun Sep 12 01:40:32 2010: ** got PORT2_REQ
> > epmd: Sun Sep 12 01:40:32 2010: got 18 bytes
> > ***** 00000000  77 00 17 70 4d 00 00 05  00 05 00 05 78 6d 70 70  |
> > w..pM.......xmpp|
> > ***** 00000010  31 00                                             |1.|
> > epmd: Sun Sep 12 01:40:32 2010: ** sent PORT2_RESP (ok) for "xmpp1"
> > epmd: Sun Sep 12 01:40:32 2010: closing connection on file descriptor
> > 6
> >
> > i.e., appears to receive ping request from second node and respond
> > with ok.
>
> The request to epmd from xmpp2 -> xmppp1:
>
> ***** 00000000  00 06 7a 78 6d 70 70 31 |..zxmpp1|
>
> 00 06: Message length is 6 bytes
> 7a: Message type is PORT2_PLEASE_REQ
> 78 6d 70 70 31: Node name is "xmpp1"
>
> The response from epmd on xmpp1 -> xmpp2:
>
> ***** 00000000  77 00 17 70 4d 00 00 05  00 05 00 05 78 6d 70 70  |
> w..pM.......xmpp|
> ***** 00000010  31 00                                             |1.|
>
> 77: Message type is PORT2_RESP
> 00: Result is "ok"
> 17 70: Port number is 6000
> 4d: Node type is Erlang node
> 00: Protocol is TCP
> 05: Higest version of protocol supported
> 05: Lowest version of protocol supported
> 00 05: Node name length is 5 bytes
> 78 6d 70 70 31: Node name is "xmpp1"
>
> During the next phase of the protocol, xmpp2 will connect to server1.net
> on port 6000 (the distribution port of xmpp1) and go through the
> authentication handshake. Try sniffing port 6000 to see if a TCP
> connection is established.
>
> If everything looks ok, start up 2 distributed nodes on server1.net
> (e.g., xmpp1@REDACTED, xmpp2@REDACTED) and see if they are able
> to ping each other.
>
>
>