diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
index 024b42d433..77e3b20b22 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
             paramList.Add(hash);
 
             XmlRpcRequest request = new XmlRpcRequest("link_region", paramList);
-            string uri = "http://" + info.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + info.HttpPort + "/";
-            //m_log.Debug("[GATEKEEPER SERVICE CONNECTOR]: Linking to " + uri);
+            string uri = "http://" + ((info.ServerURI == string.Empty) ? info.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + info.HttpPort + "/" : info.ServerURI);
+            m_log.Debug("[GATEKEEPER SERVICE CONNECTOR]: Linking to " + uri);
             XmlRpcResponse response = null;
             try
             {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
             paramList.Add(hash);
 
             XmlRpcRequest request = new XmlRpcRequest("get_region", paramList);
-            string uri = "http://" + gatekeeper.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + gatekeeper.HttpPort + "/";
+            string uri = "http://" + ((gatekeeper.ServerURI == string.Empty) ? gatekeeper.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + gatekeeper.HttpPort + "/" : gatekeeper.ServerURI);
             m_log.Debug("[GATEKEEPER SERVICE CONNECTOR]: contacting " + uri);
             XmlRpcResponse response = null;
             try
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/UserAgentServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/UserAgentServiceConnector.cs
index 45019373cf..7fa086ac68 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/UserAgentServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/UserAgentServiceConnector.cs
@@ -51,15 +51,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
             MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
         string m_ServerURL;
-        Uri m_Uri;
         public UserAgentServiceConnector(string url)
         {
             m_ServerURL = url;
+            // Doing this here, because XML-RPC or mono have some strong ideas about
+            // caching DNS translations.
             try
             {
-                m_Uri = new Uri(m_ServerURL);
+                Uri m_Uri = new Uri(m_ServerURL);
                 IPAddress ip = Util.GetHostFromDNS(m_Uri.Host);
-                m_ServerURL = "http://" + ip.ToString() + ":" + m_Uri.Port;
+                m_ServerURL = m_ServerURL.Replace(m_Uri.Host, ip.ToString()); ;
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Simulation/SimulationServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Simulation/SimulationServiceConnector.cs
index 2b96b96e30..df818f5084 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Simulation/SimulationServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Simulation/SimulationServiceConnector.cs
@@ -104,17 +104,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
                 return false;
             }
 
-            // Eventually, we want to use a caps url instead of the agentID
             string uri = string.Empty;
-            try
+
+            // HACK -- Simian grid make it work!!!
+            if (destination.ServerURI != string.Empty)
+                uri = "http://" + destination.ServerURI + AgentPath() + aCircuit.AgentID + "/";
+            else
             {
-                uri = "http://" + destination.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + destination.HttpPort + AgentPath() + aCircuit.AgentID + "/";
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                m_log.Debug("[REMOTE SIMULATION CONNECTOR]: Unable to resolve external endpoint on agent create. Reason: " + e.Message);
-                reason = e.Message;
-                return false;
+                try
+                {
+                    uri = "http://" + destination.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + destination.HttpPort + AgentPath() + aCircuit.AgentID + "/";
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    m_log.Debug("[REMOTE SIMULATION CONNECTOR]: Unable to resolve external endpoint on agent create. Reason: " + e.Message);
+                    reason = e.Message;
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
 
             //Console.WriteLine("   >>> DoCreateChildAgentCall <<< " + uri);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
index 3d722eca96..b86fb6f01c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
             string host = "127.0.0.1";
             string portstr;
             string regionName = "";
-            uint port = 9000;
+            uint port = 0;
             string[] parts = mapName.Split(new char[] { ':' });
             if (parts.Length >= 1)
             {
@@ -177,18 +177,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                 regionName = parts[2];
             }
 
-            // Sanity check. 
-            //IPAddress ipaddr = null;
-            try
-            {
-                //ipaddr = Util.GetHostFromDNS(host);
-                Util.GetHostFromDNS(host);
-            }
-            catch 
-            {
-                reason = "Malformed hostname";
-                return null;
-            }
+            //// Sanity check. 
+            //try
+            //{
+            //    Util.GetHostFromDNS(host);
+            //}
+            //catch 
+            //{
+            //    reason = "Malformed hostname";
+            //    return null;
+            //}
 
             GridRegion regInfo;
             bool success = TryCreateLink(scopeID, xloc, yloc, regionName, port, host, out regInfo, out reason);
@@ -217,6 +215,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
             regInfo.RegionLocY = yloc;
             regInfo.ScopeID = scopeID;
 
+            // Big HACK for Simian Grid !!!
+            // We need to clean up all URLs used in OpenSim !!!
+            if (externalHostName.Contains("/"))
+                regInfo.ServerURI = externalHostName;
+
             try
             {
                 regInfo.InternalEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("0.0.0.0"), (int)0);