MAK RTI: Forwarder may fail to initiate connections to other forwarders

Problem

The RTI Forwarder may fail to initiate connections to other forwarders if the IP address corresponding to its host in the Forwarder List section of the routes.mtl file does not match the IP address the RTI Forwarder application receives when it queries the host itself for its IP address. This can occur when a host running the RTI Forwarder application has multiple network interface adapters (NICs) or has multiple IP addresses assigned to an interface, which may be the case if the RTI Forwarder host is connected to the WAN via a VPN tunnel.

Affected MAK Applications

MAK RTI

Severity

Moderate

Platforms

All platforms

Solution

The IP addresses of the interfaces on which it will connect to other RTI Forwarders must be entered into the routes.mtl file Interface Address List section. At a minimum, one such entry should correspond to the entry identifying the host in the Forwarder List section of the routes.mtl file. Please refer to "Configuring RTI Forwarders for Distributed Forwarding" in MAK RTI Reference Manual for details about the Interface Address List entry format.