diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
index efefad9704..d04e3dc996 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
             if (data.Data.ContainsKey("locY"))
                 data.Data.Remove("locY");
 
-            if (data.RegionName.Length > 32)
-                data.RegionName = data.RegionName.Substring(0, 32);
+            if (data.RegionName.Length > 128)
+                data.RegionName = data.RegionName.Substring(0, 128);
 
             string[] fields = new List<string>(data.Data.Keys).ToArray();
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/GridStore.migrations b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/GridStore.migrations
index 523a8ac7dc..eda6dbb2a3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/GridStore.migrations
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/GridStore.migrations
@@ -87,3 +87,10 @@ ALTER TABLE `regions` ADD COLUMN `Token` varchar(255) NOT NULL;
 COMMIT;
 
 
+:VERSION 8		# ------------
+
+BEGIN;
+
+alter table regions modify column regionName varchar(128) default NULL;
+
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Capabilities/CapsUtil.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Capabilities/CapsUtil.cs
index 0334e4b4a2..faf2708541 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Capabilities/CapsUtil.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Capabilities/CapsUtil.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Capabilities
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static string GetCapsSeedPath(string capsObjectPath)
         {
-            return "/CAPS/" + capsObjectPath + "0000/";
+            return "CAPS/" + capsObjectPath + "0000/";
         }
         
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/RegionInfo.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/RegionInfo.cs
index 806142f57a..d154bff5e9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/RegionInfo.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/RegionInfo.cs
@@ -117,8 +117,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         /// </summary>
         public string ServerURI
         {
-            get { return m_serverURI; }
-            set { m_serverURI = value; }
+            get { 
+                if ( m_serverURI != string.Empty ) {
+                    return m_serverURI;
+                } else {
+                    return "http://" + m_externalHostName + ":" + m_httpPort + "/";
+                }
+            }
+            set { 
+                if ( value.EndsWith("/") ) {
+                    m_serverURI = value;
+                } else {
+                    m_serverURI = value + '/';
+                }
+            }
         }
         protected string m_serverURI;
 
@@ -143,6 +155,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
         public SimpleRegionInfo()
         {
+            m_serverURI = string.Empty;
         }
 
         public SimpleRegionInfo(uint regionLocX, uint regionLocY, IPEndPoint internalEndPoint, string externalUri)
@@ -152,6 +165,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
             m_internalEndPoint = internalEndPoint;
             m_externalHostName = externalUri;
+            m_serverURI = string.Empty;
         }
 
         public SimpleRegionInfo(uint regionLocX, uint regionLocY, string externalUri, uint port)
@@ -162,6 +176,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             m_externalHostName = externalUri;
 
             m_internalEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("0.0.0.0"), (int) port);
+            m_serverURI = string.Empty;
         }
 
         public SimpleRegionInfo(RegionInfo ConvertFrom)
@@ -451,6 +466,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             configMember =
                 new ConfigurationMember(xmlNode, description, loadConfigurationOptions, handleIncomingConfiguration, !skipConsoleConfig);
             configMember.performConfigurationRetrieve();
+            m_serverURI = string.Empty;
         }
 
         public RegionInfo(uint regionLocX, uint regionLocY, IPEndPoint internalEndPoint, string externalUri)
@@ -460,10 +476,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
             m_internalEndPoint = internalEndPoint;
             m_externalHostName = externalUri;
+            m_serverURI = string.Empty;
         }
 
         public RegionInfo()
         {
+            m_serverURI = string.Empty;
         }
 
         public EstateSettings EstateSettings
@@ -553,10 +571,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         /// <summary>
         /// A well-formed URI for the host region server (namely "http://" + ExternalHostName)
         /// </summary>
+        
         public string ServerURI
         {
-            get { return m_serverURI; }
-            set { m_serverURI = value; }
+            get { 
+                if ( m_serverURI != string.Empty ) {
+                    return m_serverURI;
+                } else {
+                    return "http://" + m_externalHostName + ":" + m_httpPort + "/";
+                }
+            }            
+            set { 
+                if ( value.EndsWith("/") ) {
+                    m_serverURI = value;
+                } else {
+                    m_serverURI = value + '/';
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         public string RegionName
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
index 30505f6a5b..3c58a7d4d8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/BaseHttpServer.cs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
         {
             try
             {
-//                m_log.Debug("[BASE HTTP SERVER]: Handling request to " + request.RawUrl);
+                //m_log.Debug("[BASE HTTP SERVER]: Handling request to " + request.RawUrl);
 
                 Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US", true);
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
                 string path = request.RawUrl;
                 string handlerKey = GetHandlerKey(request.HttpMethod, path);
 
-//                m_log.DebugFormat("[BASE HTTP SERVER]: Handling {0} request for {1}", request.HttpMethod, path);
+                //m_log.DebugFormat("[BASE HTTP SERVER]: Handling {0} request for {1}", request.HttpMethod, path);
 
                 if (TryGetStreamHandler(handlerKey, out requestHandler))
                 {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index 6a7272df9d..05fa3316b6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ namespace OpenSim
             //regionInfo.originRegionID = regionInfo.RegionID;
 
             // set initial ServerURI
-            regionInfo.ServerURI = "http://" + regionInfo.ExternalHostName + ":" + regionInfo.InternalEndPoint.Port;
             regionInfo.HttpPort = m_httpServerPort;
+            regionInfo.ServerURI = "http://" + regionInfo.ExternalHostName + ":" + regionInfo.HttpPort.ToString() + "/";
             
             regionInfo.osSecret = m_osSecret;
             
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/LindenUDP/LLUDPServer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/LindenUDP/LLUDPServer.cs
index 69854497c2..7396c2daae 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/LindenUDP/LLUDPServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/LindenUDP/LLUDPServer.cs
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
             IClientAPI client;
             if (!m_scene.TryGetClient(address, out client) || !(client is LLClientView))
             {
-                //m_log.Debug("[LLUDPSERVER]: Received a " + packet.Type + " packet from an unrecognized source: " + address + " in " + m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
+                m_log.Debug("[LLUDPSERVER]: Received a " + packet.Type + " packet from an unrecognized source: " + address + " in " + m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
                 return;
             }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/InstantMessage/MessageTransferModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/InstantMessage/MessageTransferModule.cs
index d8e0f968bb..80adc4648d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/InstantMessage/MessageTransferModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/InstantMessage/MessageTransferModule.cs
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.InstantMessage
             try
             {
 
-                XmlRpcResponse GridResp = GridReq.Send("http://" + reginfo.ExternalHostName + ":" + reginfo.HttpPort, 3000);
+                XmlRpcResponse GridResp = GridReq.Send(reginfo.ServerURI, 3000);
 
                 Hashtable responseData = (Hashtable)GridResp.Value;
 
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.InstantMessage
             }
             catch (WebException e)
             {
-                m_log.ErrorFormat("[GRID INSTANT MESSAGE]: Error sending message to http://{0}:{1} the host didn't respond ({2})", 
-                                  reginfo.ExternalHostName, reginfo.HttpPort, e.Message);
+                m_log.ErrorFormat("[GRID INSTANT MESSAGE]: Error sending message to {0}} the host didn't respond ({2})", 
+                                  reginfo.ServerURI, e.Message);
             }
 
             return false;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/EntityTransferModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/EntityTransferModule.cs
index aa7a1cd109..b5da625cbe 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/EntityTransferModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/EntityTransferModule.cs
@@ -197,9 +197,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
                             sp.ControllingClient.SendTeleportFailed("Problem at destination");
                             return;
                         }
-                        
-                        m_log.DebugFormat("[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Final destination is x={0} y={1} uuid={2}",
-                            finalDestination.RegionLocX / Constants.RegionSize, finalDestination.RegionLocY / Constants.RegionSize, finalDestination.RegionID);
+                        m_log.DebugFormat("[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Final destination is x={0} y={1} {2}@{3}",
+                            finalDestination.RegionLocX / Constants.RegionSize, finalDestination.RegionLocY / Constants.RegionSize, finalDestination.RegionID, finalDestination.ServerURI);
 
                         // Check that these are not the same coordinates
                         if (finalDestination.RegionLocX == sp.Scene.RegionInfo.RegionLocX &&
@@ -255,8 +254,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
             }
 
             m_log.DebugFormat(
-                "[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Request Teleport to {0}:{1}:{2}/{3}",
-                reg.ExternalHostName, reg.HttpPort, finalDestination.RegionName, position);
+                "[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Request Teleport to {0} ({1}) {2}/{3}",
+                reg.ServerURI, finalDestination.ServerURI, finalDestination.RegionName, position);
 
             uint newRegionX = (uint)(reg.RegionHandle >> 40);
             uint newRegionY = (((uint)(reg.RegionHandle)) >> 8);
@@ -328,43 +327,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
 
                 // OK, it got this agent. Let's close some child agents
                 sp.CloseChildAgents(newRegionX, newRegionY);
-
+                IClientIPEndpoint ipepClient;  
                 if (NeedsNewAgent(oldRegionX, newRegionX, oldRegionY, newRegionY))
                 {
                     //sp.ControllingClient.SendTeleportProgress(teleportFlags, "Creating agent...");
-
                     #region IP Translation for NAT
-                    IClientIPEndpoint ipepClient;
+                    // Uses ipepClient above
                     if (sp.ClientView.TryGet(out ipepClient))
                     {
-                        capsPath
-                            = "http://"
-                              + NetworkUtil.GetHostFor(ipepClient.EndPoint, finalDestination.ExternalHostName)
-                              + ":"
-                              + finalDestination.HttpPort
-                              + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(agentCircuit.CapsPath);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        capsPath
-                            = "http://"
-                              + finalDestination.ExternalHostName
-                              + ":"
-                              + finalDestination.HttpPort
-                              + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(agentCircuit.CapsPath);
+                        endPoint.Address = NetworkUtil.GetIPFor(ipepClient.EndPoint, endPoint.Address);
                     }
                     #endregion
+                    capsPath = finalDestination.ServerURI + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(agentCircuit.CapsPath);
 
                     if (eq != null)
                     {
-                        #region IP Translation for NAT
-                        // Uses ipepClient above
-                        if (sp.ClientView.TryGet(out ipepClient))
-                        {
-                            endPoint.Address = NetworkUtil.GetIPFor(ipepClient.EndPoint, endPoint.Address);
-                        }
-                        #endregion
-
                         eq.EnableSimulator(destinationHandle, endPoint, sp.UUID);
 
                         // ES makes the client send a UseCircuitCode message to the destination, 
@@ -383,8 +360,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
                 else
                 {
                     agentCircuit.CapsPath = sp.Scene.CapsModule.GetChildSeed(sp.UUID, reg.RegionHandle);
-                    capsPath = "http://" + finalDestination.ExternalHostName + ":" + finalDestination.HttpPort
-                                + "/CAPS/" + agentCircuit.CapsPath + "0000/";
+                    capsPath = finalDestination.ServerURI + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(agentCircuit.CapsPath);
                 }
 
                 // Expect avatar crossing is a heavy-duty function at the destination.
@@ -518,8 +494,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
 
         protected virtual void SetCallbackURL(AgentData agent, RegionInfo region)
         {
-            agent.CallbackURI = "http://" + region.ExternalHostName + ":" + region.HttpPort +
-                "/agent/" + agent.AgentID.ToString() + "/" + region.RegionID.ToString() + "/release/";
+            agent.CallbackURI = region.ServerURI + "agent/" + agent.AgentID.ToString() + "/" + region.RegionID.ToString() + "/release/";
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Set callback URL to {0}", agent.CallbackURI);
 
         }
 
@@ -863,8 +839,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
                 cAgent.Position = pos;
                 if (isFlying)
                     cAgent.ControlFlags |= (uint)AgentManager.ControlFlags.AGENT_CONTROL_FLY;
-                cAgent.CallbackURI = "http://" + m_scene.RegionInfo.ExternalHostName + ":" + m_scene.RegionInfo.HttpPort +
-                    "/agent/" + agent.UUID.ToString() + "/" + m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString() + "/release/";
+                cAgent.CallbackURI = m_scene.RegionInfo.ServerURI +
+                    "agent/" + agent.UUID.ToString() + "/" + m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString() + "/release/";
 
                 if (!m_scene.SimulationService.UpdateAgent(neighbourRegion, cAgent))
                 {
@@ -889,10 +865,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
                                      neighbourRegion.RegionHandle);
                     return agent;
                 }
-                // TODO Should construct this behind a method
-                string capsPath =
-                    "http://" + neighbourRegion.ExternalHostName + ":" + neighbourRegion.HttpPort
-                     + "/CAPS/" + agentcaps /*circuitdata.CapsPath*/ + "0000/";
+                string capsPath = neighbourRegion.ServerURI + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(agentcaps);
 
                 m_log.DebugFormat("[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Sending new CAPS seed url {0} to client {1}", capsPath, agent.UUID);
 
@@ -1222,8 +1195,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
             y = y / Constants.RegionSize;
             m_log.Debug("[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Starting to inform client about neighbour " + x + ", " + y + "(" + endPoint.ToString() + ")");
 
-            string capsPath = "http://" + reg.ExternalHostName + ":" + reg.HttpPort
-                  + "/CAPS/" + a.CapsPath + "0000/";
+            string capsPath = reg.ServerURI + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(a.CapsPath);
 
             string reason = String.Empty;
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/HGEntityTransferModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/HGEntityTransferModule.cs
index 47898cc565..c75bc0a1bf 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/HGEntityTransferModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/HGEntityTransferModule.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
             if ((flags & (int)OpenSim.Data.RegionFlags.Hyperlink) != 0)
             {
                 m_log.DebugFormat("[HG ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Destination region {0} is hyperlink", region.RegionID);
-                return m_GatekeeperConnector.GetHyperlinkRegion(region, region.RegionID);
+                GridRegion real_destination = m_GatekeeperConnector.GetHyperlinkRegion(region, region.RegionID);
+                m_log.DebugFormat("[HG ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: GetFinalDestination serveruri -> {0}", real_destination.ServerURI);
+                return real_destination;
             }
             return region;
         }
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
 
         protected override bool CreateAgent(ScenePresence sp, GridRegion reg, GridRegion finalDestination, AgentCircuitData agentCircuit, uint teleportFlags, out string reason, out bool logout)
         {
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[HG ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: CreateAgent {0} {1}", reg.ServerURI, finalDestination.ServerURI);
             reason = string.Empty;
             logout = false;
             int flags = m_aScene.GridService.GetRegionFlags(m_aScene.RegionInfo.ScopeID, reg.RegionID);
@@ -240,7 +243,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
                 string url = aCircuit.ServiceURLs["HomeURI"].ToString();
                 IUserAgentService security = new UserAgentServiceConnector(url);
                 return security.VerifyClient(aCircuit.SessionID, token);
-            }
+            } 
+            else 
+                m_log.DebugFormat("[HG ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Agent {0} {1} does not have a HomeURI OH NO!", aCircuit.firstname, aCircuit.lastname);
 
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/InterGrid/OpenGridProtocolModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/InterGrid/OpenGridProtocolModule.cs
index fd0e879e05..2dd7767d76 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/InterGrid/OpenGridProtocolModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/InterGrid/OpenGridProtocolModule.cs
@@ -595,12 +595,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.InterGrid
             // DEPRECATED
             responseMap["seed_capability"] 
                 = OSD.FromString(
-                    regionCapsHttpProtocol + httpaddr + ":" + reg.HttpPort + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(userCap.CapsObjectPath));
+                    regionCapsHttpProtocol + httpaddr + ":" + reg.HttpPort + "/" + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(userCap.CapsObjectPath));
             
             // REPLACEMENT
             responseMap["region_seed_capability"] 
                 = OSD.FromString(
-                    regionCapsHttpProtocol + httpaddr + ":" + reg.HttpPort + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(userCap.CapsObjectPath));
+                    regionCapsHttpProtocol + httpaddr + ":" + reg.HttpPort + "/" + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(userCap.CapsObjectPath));
 
             responseMap["rez_avatar"] = OSD.FromString(rezHttpProtocol + httpaddr + ":" + urlport + rezAvatarPath);
             responseMap["rez_avatar/rez"] = OSD.FromString(rezHttpProtocol + httpaddr + ":" + urlport + rezAvatarPath);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/WorldMapModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/WorldMapModule.cs
index 3e478b06c9..9869f4a4e1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/WorldMapModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/WorldMap/WorldMapModule.cs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.WorldMap
 
             string regionimage = "regionImage" + m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString();
             regionimage = regionimage.Replace("-", "");
-            m_log.Info("[WORLD MAP]: JPEG Map location: http://" + m_scene.RegionInfo.ExternalEndPoint.Address.ToString() + ":" + m_scene.RegionInfo.HttpPort.ToString() + "/index.php?method=" + regionimage);
+            m_log.Info("[WORLD MAP]: JPEG Map location: " + m_scene.RegionInfo.ServerURI + "/index.php?method=" + regionimage);
 
             MainServer.Instance.AddHTTPHandler(regionimage, OnHTTPGetMapImage);
             MainServer.Instance.AddLLSDHandler(
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.WorldMap
 
                 if (mreg != null)
                 {
-                    httpserver = "http://" + mreg.ExternalEndPoint.Address.ToString() + ":" + mreg.HttpPort + "/MAP/MapItems/" + regionhandle.ToString();
+                    httpserver = mreg.ServerURI + "MAP/MapItems/" + regionhandle.ToString();
                     lock (m_cachedRegionMapItemsAddress)
                     {
                         if (!m_cachedRegionMapItemsAddress.ContainsKey(regionhandle))
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 792115adf9..e48b92b5ea 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -3826,6 +3826,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             }
 
             ScenePresence childAgentUpdate = WaitGetScenePresence(cAgentData.AgentID);
+
             if (childAgentUpdate != null)
             {
                 childAgentUpdate.ChildAgentDataUpdate(cAgentData);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Hypergrid/HomeAgentHandlers.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Hypergrid/HomeAgentHandlers.cs
index f64a07973e..a5ec4f2b08 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Hypergrid/HomeAgentHandlers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Handlers/Hypergrid/HomeAgentHandlers.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Hypergrid
             UUID uuid = UUID.Zero;
             string regionname = string.Empty;
             string gatekeeper_host = string.Empty;
+            string gatekeeper_serveruri = string.Empty;
+            string destination_serveruri = string.Empty;
             int gatekeeper_port = 0;
             IPEndPoint client_ipaddress = null;
 
@@ -131,8 +133,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Hypergrid
                 gatekeeper_host = args["gatekeeper_host"].AsString();
             if (args.ContainsKey("gatekeeper_port") && args["gatekeeper_port"] != null)
                 Int32.TryParse(args["gatekeeper_port"].AsString(), out gatekeeper_port);
+            if (args.ContainsKey("gatekeeper_serveruri") && args["gatekeeper_serveruri"] !=null)
+                gatekeeper_serveruri = args["gatekeeper_serveruri"];
+            if (args.ContainsKey("destination_serveruri") && args["destination_serveruri"] !=null)
+                destination_serveruri = args["destination_serveruri"];
 
             GridRegion gatekeeper = new GridRegion();
+            gatekeeper.ServerURI = gatekeeper_serveruri;
             gatekeeper.ExternalHostName = gatekeeper_host;
             gatekeeper.HttpPort = (uint)gatekeeper_port;
             gatekeeper.InternalEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("0.0.0.0"), 0);
@@ -173,7 +180,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Handlers.Hypergrid
             destination.RegionLocX = x;
             destination.RegionLocY = y;
             destination.RegionName = regionname;
-
+            destination.ServerURI = destination_serveruri;
+            
             AgentCircuitData aCircuit = new AgentCircuitData();
             try
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
index 479a80e297..85c13804a6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/GatekeeperServiceConnector.cs
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
 
         protected override string AgentPath()
         {
-            return "/foreignagent/";
+            return "foreignagent/";
         }
 
         protected override string ObjectPath()
         {
-            return "/foreignobject/";
+            return "foreignobject/";
         }
 
         public bool LinkRegion(GridRegion info, out UUID regionID, out ulong realHandle, out string externalName, out string imageURL, out string reason)
@@ -86,12 +86,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
             paramList.Add(hash);
 
             XmlRpcRequest request = new XmlRpcRequest("link_region", paramList);
-            string uri = "http://" + ((info.ServerURI != null && info.ServerURI != string.Empty && !info.ServerURI.StartsWith("http:")) ? info.ServerURI : info.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + info.HttpPort + "/");
-            m_log.Debug("[GATEKEEPER SERVICE CONNECTOR]: Linking to " + uri);
+            m_log.Debug("[GATEKEEPER SERVICE CONNECTOR]: Linking to " + info.ServerURI);
             XmlRpcResponse response = null;
             try
             {
-                response = request.Send(uri, 10000);
+                response = request.Send(info.ServerURI, 10000);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
@@ -117,16 +116,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
                 if (success)
                 {
                     UUID.TryParse((string)hash["uuid"], out regionID);
-                    //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, uuid: " + uuid);
+                    //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, uuid: " + regionID);
                     if ((string)hash["handle"] != null)
                     {
                         realHandle = Convert.ToUInt64((string)hash["handle"]);
                         //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, realHandle: " + realHandle);
                     }
-                    if (hash["region_image"] != null)
+                    if (hash["region_image"] != null) {
                         imageURL = (string)hash["region_image"];
-                    if (hash["external_name"] != null)
+                        //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, imageURL: " + imageURL);
+                    }
+                    if (hash["external_name"] != null) {
                         externalName = (string)hash["external_name"];
+                        //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, externalName: " + externalName);
+                    }
                 }
 
             }
@@ -188,12 +191,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
             paramList.Add(hash);
 
             XmlRpcRequest request = new XmlRpcRequest("get_region", paramList);
-            string uri = "http://" + ((gatekeeper.ServerURI != null && gatekeeper.ServerURI != string.Empty && !gatekeeper.ServerURI.StartsWith("http:")) ? gatekeeper.ServerURI : gatekeeper.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + gatekeeper.HttpPort + "/");
-            m_log.Debug("[GATEKEEPER SERVICE CONNECTOR]: contacting " + uri);
+            m_log.Debug("[GATEKEEPER SERVICE CONNECTOR]: contacting " + gatekeeper.ServerURI);
             XmlRpcResponse response = null;
             try
             {
-                response = request.Send(uri, 10000);
+                response = request.Send(gatekeeper.ServerURI, 10000);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
@@ -236,21 +238,31 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
                     if (hash["region_name"] != null)
                     {
                         region.RegionName = (string)hash["region_name"];
-                        //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, name: " + region.RegionName);
+                        //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, region_name: " + region.RegionName);
                     }
-                    if (hash["hostname"] != null)
+                    if (hash["hostname"] != null) {
                         region.ExternalHostName = (string)hash["hostname"];
+                        //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, hostname: " + region.ExternalHostName);
+                    }
                     if (hash["http_port"] != null)
                     {
                         uint p = 0;
                         UInt32.TryParse((string)hash["http_port"], out p);
                         region.HttpPort = p;
+                        //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, http_port: " + region.HttpPort);
                     }
                     if (hash["internal_port"] != null)
                     {
                         int p = 0;
                         Int32.TryParse((string)hash["internal_port"], out p);
                         region.InternalEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("0.0.0.0"), p);
+                        //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, internal_port: " + region.InternalEndPoint);
+                    }
+                    
+                    if (hash["server_uri"] != null)
+                    {
+                        region.ServerURI = (string) hash["server_uri"];
+                        //m_log.Debug(">> HERE, server_uri: " + region.ServerURI);
                     }
 
                     // Successful return
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/UserAgentServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/UserAgentServiceConnector.cs
index 247dd7ed10..0c41935215 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/UserAgentServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Hypergrid/UserAgentServiceConnector.cs
@@ -232,12 +232,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Hypergrid
                 m_log.Debug("[USER AGENT CONNECTOR]: PackAgentCircuitData failed with exception: " + e.Message);
             }
             // Add the input arguments
+            args["gatekeeper_serveruri"] = OSD.FromString(gatekeeper.ServerURI);
             args["gatekeeper_host"] = OSD.FromString(gatekeeper.ExternalHostName);
             args["gatekeeper_port"] = OSD.FromString(gatekeeper.HttpPort.ToString());
             args["destination_x"] = OSD.FromString(destination.RegionLocX.ToString());
             args["destination_y"] = OSD.FromString(destination.RegionLocY.ToString());
             args["destination_name"] = OSD.FromString(destination.RegionName);
             args["destination_uuid"] = OSD.FromString(destination.RegionID.ToString());
+            args["destination_serveruri"] = OSD.FromString(destination.ServerURI);
 
             // 10/3/2010
             // I added the client_ip up to the regular AgentCircuitData, so this doesn't need to be here.
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Land/LandServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Land/LandServiceConnector.cs
index 539b2ccb89..10499e28b9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Land/LandServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Land/LandServiceConnector.cs
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors
                 if (info != null) // just to be sure
                 {
                     XmlRpcRequest request = new XmlRpcRequest("land_data", paramList);
-                    string uri = "http://" + info.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + info.HttpPort + "/";
-                    XmlRpcResponse response = request.Send(uri, 10000);
+                    XmlRpcResponse response = request.Send(info.ServerURI, 10000);
                     if (response.IsFault)
                     {
                         m_log.ErrorFormat("[LAND CONNECTOR]: remote call returned an error: {0}", response.FaultString);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Neighbour/NeighbourServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Neighbour/NeighbourServiceConnector.cs
index 0a982f8d57..9c57a40701 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Neighbour/NeighbourServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Neighbour/NeighbourServiceConnector.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors
 
         public bool DoHelloNeighbourCall(GridRegion region, RegionInfo thisRegion)
         {
-            string uri = "http://" + region.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + region.HttpPort + "/region/" + thisRegion.RegionID + "/";
+            string uri = region.ServerURI + "/region/" + thisRegion.RegionID + "/";
             //m_log.Debug("   >>> DoHelloNeighbourCall <<< " + uri);
 
             WebRequest HelloNeighbourRequest = WebRequest.Create(uri);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridServiceConnector.cs
index 4fc2a6d1c7..f86eba31f4 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/SimianGrid/SimianGridServiceConnector.cs
@@ -147,8 +147,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
             Vector3d minPosition = new Vector3d(regionInfo.RegionLocX, regionInfo.RegionLocY, 0.0);
             Vector3d maxPosition = minPosition + new Vector3d(Constants.RegionSize, Constants.RegionSize, 4096.0);
 
-            string httpAddress = "http://" + regionInfo.ExternalHostName + ":" + regionInfo.HttpPort + "/";
-
             OSDMap extraData = new OSDMap
             {
                 { "ServerURI", OSD.FromString(regionInfo.ServerURI) },
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.SimianGrid
                 { "Name", regionInfo.RegionName },
                 { "MinPosition", minPosition.ToString() },
                 { "MaxPosition", maxPosition.ToString() },
-                { "Address", httpAddress },
+                { "Address", regionInfo.ServerURI },
                 { "Enabled", "1" },
                 { "ExtraData", OSDParser.SerializeJsonString(extraData) }
             };
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Simulation/SimulationServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Simulation/SimulationServiceConnector.cs
index 1730b95225..415c6eae1a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Simulation/SimulationServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Simulation/SimulationServiceConnector.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
 
         protected virtual string AgentPath()
         {
-            return "/agent/";
+            return "agent/";
         }
 
         public bool CreateAgent(GridRegion destination, AgentCircuitData aCircuit, uint flags, out string reason)
@@ -104,26 +104,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
                 return false;
             }
 
-            string uri = string.Empty;
-
-            // HACK -- Simian grid make it work!!!
-            if (destination.ServerURI != null && destination.ServerURI != string.Empty && !destination.ServerURI.StartsWith("http:"))
-                uri = "http://" + destination.ServerURI + AgentPath() + aCircuit.AgentID + "/";
-            else
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    uri = "http://" + destination.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + destination.HttpPort + AgentPath() + aCircuit.AgentID + "/";
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    m_log.Error("[REMOTE SIMULATION CONNECTOR]: Unable to resolve external endpoint on agent create. Reason: " + e.Message);
-                    reason = e.Message;
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-
-            //Console.WriteLine("   >>> DoCreateChildAgentCall <<< " + uri);
+            string uri = destination.ServerURI + AgentPath() + aCircuit.AgentID + "/";
 
             AgentCreateRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
             AgentCreateRequest.Method = "POST";
@@ -277,17 +258,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
         private bool UpdateAgent(GridRegion destination, IAgentData cAgentData)
         {
             // Eventually, we want to use a caps url instead of the agentID
-            string uri = string.Empty;
-            try
-            {
-                uri = "http://" + destination.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + destination.HttpPort + AgentPath() + cAgentData.AgentID + "/";
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                m_log.Warn("[REMOTE SIMULATION CONNECTOR]: Unable to resolve external endpoint on agent update. Reason: " + e.Message);
-                return false;
-            }
-            //Console.WriteLine("   >>> DoAgentUpdateCall <<< " + uri);
+
+            string uri = destination.ServerURI + AgentPath() + cAgentData.AgentID + "/";
 
             HttpWebRequest ChildUpdateRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
             ChildUpdateRequest.Method = "PUT";
@@ -387,8 +359,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
             agent = null;
             if (ext == null) return false;
             // Eventually, we want to use a caps url instead of the agentID
-            string uri = "http://" + destination.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + destination.HttpPort + AgentPath() + id + "/" + destination.RegionID.ToString() + "/";
-            //Console.WriteLine("   >>> DoRetrieveRootAgentCall <<< " + uri);
+            string uri = destination.ServerURI + AgentPath() + id + "/" + destination.RegionID.ToString() + "/";
 
             HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
             request.Method = "GET";
@@ -409,7 +380,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
                 sr = new StreamReader(webResponse.GetResponseStream());
                 reply = sr.ReadToEnd().Trim();
 
-                //Console.WriteLine("[REMOTE SIMULATION CONNECTOR]: ChilAgentUpdate reply was " + reply);
 
             }
             catch (WebException ex)
@@ -430,7 +400,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
                 OSDMap args = Util.GetOSDMap(reply);
                 if (args == null)
                 {
-                    //Console.WriteLine("[REMOTE SIMULATION CONNECTOR]: Error getting OSDMap from reply");
                     return false;
                 }
 
@@ -439,7 +408,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
                 return true;
             }
 
-            //Console.WriteLine("[REMOTE SIMULATION CONNECTOR]: DoRetrieveRootAgentCall returned status " + webResponse.StatusCode);
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -481,18 +449,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
 
         private bool CloseAgent(GridRegion destination, UUID id, bool ChildOnly)
         {
-            string uri = string.Empty;
-            try
-            {
-                uri = "http://" + destination.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + destination.HttpPort + AgentPath() + id + "/" + destination.RegionID.ToString() + "/";
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                m_log.Warn("[REMOTE SIMULATION CONNECTOR]: Unable to resolve external endpoint on agent close. Reason: " + e.Message);
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            //Console.WriteLine("   >>> DoCloseAgentCall <<< " + uri);
+            string uri = destination.ServerURI + AgentPath() + id + "/" + destination.RegionID.ToString() + "/";
 
             WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(uri);
             request.Method = "DELETE";
@@ -554,7 +511,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Simulation
             IPEndPoint ext = destination.ExternalEndPoint;
             if (ext == null) return false;
             string uri
-                = "http://" + destination.ExternalEndPoint.Address + ":" + destination.HttpPort + ObjectPath() + sog.UUID + "/";
+                = destination.ServerURI + ObjectPath() + sog.UUID + "/";
             //m_log.Debug("   >>> DoCreateObjectCall <<< " + uri);
 
             WebRequest ObjectCreateRequest = WebRequest.Create(uri);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/GridService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/GridService.cs
index e7988d6e93..125c2be8cf 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/GridService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/GridService.cs
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                 OpenSim.Data.RegionFlags flags = (OpenSim.Data.RegionFlags)Convert.ToInt32(r.Data["flags"]);
                 MainConsole.Instance.Output(String.Format("{0,-20} {1}\n{2,-20} {3}\n{4,-39} {5}\n\n",
                         r.RegionName, r.RegionID,
-                        String.Format("{0},{1}", r.posX, r.posY), "http://" + r.Data["serverIP"].ToString() + ":" + r.Data["serverPort"].ToString(),
+                        String.Format("{0},{1}", r.posX, r.posY), r.Data["serverURI"],
                         r.Data["owner_uuid"].ToString(), flags.ToString()));
             }
             return;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
index a67404fe9f..d5d019566a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
@@ -127,15 +127,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
 
             if (MainConsole.Instance != null)
             {
+                MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand("hypergrid", false, "link-region", 
+                    "link-region <Xloc> <Yloc> <ServerURI> [<RemoteRegionName>]", 
+                    "Link a HyperGrid Region", RunCommand);
                 MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand("hypergrid", false, "link-region",
-                    "link-region <Xloc> <Yloc> <HostName>:<HttpPort>[:<RemoteRegionName>] <cr>",
-                    "Link a hypergrid region", RunCommand);
+                    "link-region <Xloc> <Yloc> <RegionIP> <RegionPort> [<RemoteRegionName>]",
+                    "Link a hypergrid region (deprecated)", RunCommand);
                 MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand("hypergrid", false, "unlink-region",
-                    "unlink-region <local name> or <HostName>:<HttpPort> <cr>",
+                    "unlink-region <local name>",
                     "Unlink a hypergrid region", RunCommand);
-                MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand("hypergrid", false, "link-mapping", "link-mapping [<x> <y>] <cr>",
+                MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand("hypergrid", false, "link-mapping", "link-mapping [<x> <y>]",
                     "Set local coordinate to map HG regions to", RunCommand);
-                MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand("hypergrid", false, "show hyperlinks", "show hyperlinks <cr>",
+                MainConsole.Instance.Commands.AddCommand("hypergrid", false, "show hyperlinks", "show hyperlinks",
                     "List the HG regions", HandleShow);
             }
         }
@@ -204,30 +207,37 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
 
             return null;
         }
-
-
-        // From the command line and the 2 above
-        public bool TryCreateLink(UUID scopeID, int xloc, int yloc,
-            string externalRegionName, uint externalPort, string externalHostName, UUID ownerID,
-            out GridRegion regInfo, out string reason)
+                
+        public bool TryCreateLink(UUID scopeID, int xloc, int yloc, string remoteRegionName, uint externalPort, string externalHostName, UUID ownerID, out GridRegion regInfo, out string reason)
         {
-            m_log.DebugFormat("[HYPERGRID LINKER]: Link to {0}:{1}:{2}, in {3}-{4}", externalHostName, externalPort, externalRegionName, xloc, yloc);
+            return TryCreateLink(scopeID, xloc, yloc, remoteRegionName, externalPort, externalHostName, null, ownerID, out regInfo, out reason);
+        }
+        
+        public bool TryCreateLink(UUID scopeID, int xloc, int yloc, string remoteRegionName, uint externalPort, string externalHostName, string serverURI, UUID ownerID, out GridRegion regInfo, out string reason)
+        {
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[HYPERGRID LINKER]: Link to {0}:{1}:{2}, in {3}-{4}", externalHostName, externalPort, remoteRegionName, xloc, yloc);
 
             reason = string.Empty;
             regInfo = new GridRegion();
-            regInfo.RegionName = externalRegionName;
-            regInfo.HttpPort = externalPort;
-            regInfo.ExternalHostName = externalHostName;
+            if ( externalPort > 0)
+                regInfo.HttpPort = externalPort;
+            else
+                regInfo.HttpPort = 0;
+            if ( externalHostName != null)
+                regInfo.ExternalHostName = externalHostName;
+            else
+                regInfo.ExternalHostName = "0.0.0.0";
+            if ( serverURI != null)
+                regInfo.ServerURI = serverURI;
+            
+            if ( remoteRegionName != string.Empty )
+                regInfo.RegionName = remoteRegionName;
+                
             regInfo.RegionLocX = xloc;
             regInfo.RegionLocY = yloc;
             regInfo.ScopeID = scopeID;
             regInfo.EstateOwner = ownerID;
 
-            // Big HACK for Simian Grid !!!
-            // We need to clean up all URLs used in OpenSim !!!
-            if (externalHostName.Contains("/"))
-                regInfo.ServerURI = externalHostName;
-
             // Check for free coordinates
             GridRegion region = m_GridService.GetRegionByPosition(regInfo.ScopeID, regInfo.RegionLocX, regInfo.RegionLocY);
             if (region != null)
@@ -267,9 +277,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                 }
 
                 regInfo.RegionID = regionID;
-                if (regInfo.RegionName == string.Empty)
-                    regInfo.RegionName = regInfo.ExternalHostName;
 
+                if ( externalName == string.Empty )
+                    regInfo.RegionName = regInfo.ServerURI;
+                else
+                    regInfo.RegionName = externalName;
+
+                m_log.Debug("[HYPERGRID LINKER]: naming linked region " + regInfo.RegionName);
+                
                 // Try get the map image
                 //regInfo.TerrainImage = m_GatekeeperConnector.GetMapImage(regionID, imageURL);
                 // I need a texture that works for this... the one I tried doesn't seem to be working
@@ -316,13 +331,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                 }
             }
 
-            //foreach (GridRegion r in m_HyperlinkRegions.Values)
-            //{
-            //    m_log.DebugFormat("XXX Comparing {0}:{1} with {2}:{3}", host, port, r.ExternalHostName, r.HttpPort);
-            //    if (host.Equals(r.ExternalHostName) && (port == r.HttpPort))
-            //        regInfo = r;
-            //}
-
             if (regInfo != null)
             {
                 RemoveHyperlinkRegion(regInfo.RegionID);
@@ -442,6 +450,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
             RunHGCommand(command, cmdparams);
 
         }
+        
+        private void RunLinkRegionCommand(string[] cmdparams)
+        {
+            int xloc, yloc;
+            string serverURI;
+            string remoteName = null;
+            xloc = Convert.ToInt32(cmdparams[0]) * (int)Constants.RegionSize;
+            yloc = Convert.ToInt32(cmdparams[1]) * (int)Constants.RegionSize;
+            serverURI = cmdparams[2];
+            if (cmdparams.Length == 4)
+                remoteName = cmdparams[3];
+            string reason = string.Empty;
+            GridRegion regInfo;
+            TryCreateLink(UUID.Zero, xloc, yloc, remoteName, 0, null, serverURI, UUID.Zero, out regInfo, out reason);
+        }
 
         private void RunHGCommand(string command, string[] cmdparams)
         {
@@ -464,6 +487,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                 }
             }
             else if (command.Equals("link-region"))
+            {
+                if (cmdparams.Length > 0 && cmdparams.Length < 5)
+                {
+                    RunLinkRegionCommand(cmdparams);
+                } 
+                else
+                {
+                    LinkRegionCmdUsage();
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            else if (command.Equals("link-region"))
             {
                 if (cmdparams.Length < 3)
                 {
@@ -478,7 +513,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                     return;
                 }
 
-                if (cmdparams[2].Contains(":"))
+                //this should be the prefererred way of setting up hg links now
+                if ( cmdparams[2].StartsWith("http") && ( cmdparams.Length >= 3 && cmdparams.Length <= 5 )) {
+                    RunLinkRegionCommand(cmdparams);
+                } 
+                else if (cmdparams[2].Contains(":"))
                 {
                     // New format
                     int xloc, yloc;
@@ -517,12 +556,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                     int xloc, yloc;
                     uint externalPort;
                     string externalHostName;
+                    string serverURI;
                     try
                     {
                         xloc = Convert.ToInt32(cmdparams[0]);
                         yloc = Convert.ToInt32(cmdparams[1]);
                         externalPort = Convert.ToUInt32(cmdparams[3]);
                         externalHostName = cmdparams[2];
+                        if ( cmdparams.Length == 4 ) {
+                            
+                        }
                         //internalPort = Convert.ToUInt32(cmdparams[4]);
                         //remotingPort = Convert.ToUInt32(cmdparams[5]);
                     }
@@ -537,7 +580,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                     xloc = xloc * (int)Constants.RegionSize;
                     yloc = yloc * (int)Constants.RegionSize;
                     string reason = string.Empty;
-                    if (TryCreateLink(UUID.Zero, xloc, yloc, "", externalPort, externalHostName, UUID.Zero, out regInfo, out reason))
+                    if (TryCreateLink(UUID.Zero, xloc, yloc, string.Empty, externalPort, externalHostName, UUID.Zero, out regInfo, out reason))
                     {
                         if (cmdparams.Length >= 5)
                         {
@@ -551,7 +594,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
             }
             else if (command.Equals("unlink-region"))
             {
-                if (cmdparams.Length < 1)
+                if (cmdparams.Length < 1 || cmdparams.Length > 1)
                 {
                     UnlinkRegionCmdUsage();
                     return;
@@ -639,7 +682,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                 xloc = xloc * (int)Constants.RegionSize;
                 yloc = yloc * (int)Constants.RegionSize;
                 string reason = string.Empty;
-                if (TryCreateLink(UUID.Zero, xloc, yloc, "", externalPort, externalHostName, UUID.Zero, out regInfo, out reason))
+                if (TryCreateLink(UUID.Zero, xloc, yloc, string.Empty, externalPort, externalHostName, UUID.Zero, out regInfo, out reason))
                 {
                     regInfo.RegionName = config.GetString("localName", "");
                 }
@@ -651,14 +694,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
 
         private void LinkRegionCmdUsage()
         {
-            MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage: link-region <Xloc> <Yloc> <HostName>:<HttpPort>[:<RemoteRegionName>]");
-            MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage: link-region <Xloc> <Yloc> <HostName> <HttpPort> [<LocalName>]");
+            MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage: link-region <Xloc> <Yloc> <ServerURI> [<RemoteRegionName>]");
+            MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage (deprecated): link-region <Xloc> <Yloc> <HostName>:<HttpPort>[:<RemoteRegionName>]");
+            MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage (deprecated): link-region <Xloc> <Yloc> <HostName> <HttpPort> [<LocalName>]");
             MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage: link-region <URI_of_xml> [<exclude>]");
         }
 
         private void UnlinkRegionCmdUsage()
         {
-            MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage: unlink-region <HostName>:<HttpPort>");
             MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage: unlink-region <LocalName>");
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/HypergridService/GatekeeperService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/HypergridService/GatekeeperService.cs
index 0aa53527c7..05be7b8307 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/HypergridService/GatekeeperService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/HypergridService/GatekeeperService.cs
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.HypergridService
                 //m_WelcomeMessage = serverConfig.GetString("WelcomeMessage", "Welcome to OpenSim!");
                 m_AllowTeleportsToAnyRegion = serverConfig.GetBoolean("AllowTeleportsToAnyRegion", true);
                 m_ExternalName = serverConfig.GetString("ExternalName", string.Empty);
+                if (m_ExternalName != string.Empty && !m_ExternalName.EndsWith("/"))
+                    m_ExternalName = m_ExternalName + "/";
 
                 Object[] args = new Object[] { config };
                 m_GridService = ServerUtils.LoadPlugin<IGridService>(gridService, args);
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.HypergridService
         {
             regionID = UUID.Zero;
             regionHandle = 0;
-            externalName = m_ExternalName;
+            externalName = m_ExternalName + ((regionName != string.Empty) ? " " + regionName : "");
             imageURL = string.Empty;
             reason = string.Empty;
 
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.HypergridService
             string regionimage = "regionImage" + region.RegionID.ToString();
             regionimage = regionimage.Replace("-", "");
 
-            imageURL = "http://" + region.ExternalHostName + ":" + region.HttpPort + "/index.php?method=" + regionimage;
+            imageURL = region.ServerURI + "index.php?method=" + regionimage;
 
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/HypergridService/UserAgentService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/HypergridService/UserAgentService.cs
index eb6433cc6f..35192505a4 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/HypergridService/UserAgentService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/HypergridService/UserAgentService.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.HypergridService
                     serverConfig = config.Configs["GatekeeperService"];
                     m_GridName = serverConfig.GetString("ExternalName", string.Empty);
                 }
+                else if (!m_GridName.EndsWith("/"))
+                    m_GridName = m_GridName + "/";
             }
         }
 
@@ -134,23 +136,27 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.HypergridService
         public bool LoginAgentToGrid(AgentCircuitData agentCircuit, GridRegion gatekeeper, GridRegion finalDestination, IPEndPoint clientIP, out string reason)
         {
             m_log.DebugFormat("[USER AGENT SERVICE]: Request to login user {0} {1} (@{2}) to grid {3}", 
-                agentCircuit.firstname, agentCircuit.lastname, ((clientIP == null) ? "stored IP" : clientIP.Address.ToString()), 
-                gatekeeper.ExternalHostName +":"+ gatekeeper.HttpPort);
-
+                agentCircuit.firstname, agentCircuit.lastname, ((clientIP == null) ? "stored IP" : clientIP.Address.ToString()), gatekeeper.ServerURI);
             // Take the IP address + port of the gatekeeper (reg) plus the info of finalDestination
             GridRegion region = new GridRegion(gatekeeper);
+            region.ServerURI = gatekeeper.ServerURI;
+            region.ExternalHostName = finalDestination.ExternalHostName;
+            region.InternalEndPoint = finalDestination.InternalEndPoint;
             region.RegionName = finalDestination.RegionName;
             region.RegionID = finalDestination.RegionID;
             region.RegionLocX = finalDestination.RegionLocX;
             region.RegionLocY = finalDestination.RegionLocY;
 
             // Generate a new service session
-            agentCircuit.ServiceSessionID = "http://" + region.ExternalHostName + ":" + region.HttpPort + ";" + UUID.Random();
+            agentCircuit.ServiceSessionID = region.ServerURI + ";" + UUID.Random();
             TravelingAgentInfo old = UpdateTravelInfo(agentCircuit, region);
-
+            
             bool success = false;
             string myExternalIP = string.Empty;
-            string gridName = "http://" + gatekeeper.ExternalHostName + ":" + gatekeeper.HttpPort;
+            string gridName = gatekeeper.ServerURI;
+
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[USER AGENT SERVICE]: m_grid - {0}, gn - {1}", m_GridName, gridName);
+            
             if (m_GridName == gridName)
                 success = m_GatekeeperService.LoginAgent(agentCircuit, finalDestination, out reason);
             else
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.HypergridService
             if (!success)
             {
                 m_log.DebugFormat("[USER AGENT SERVICE]: Unable to login user {0} {1} to grid {2}, reason: {3}", 
-                    agentCircuit.firstname, agentCircuit.lastname, region.ExternalHostName + ":" + region.HttpPort, reason);
+                    agentCircuit.firstname, agentCircuit.lastname, region.ServerURI, reason);
 
                 // restore the old travel info
                 lock (m_TravelingAgents)
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.HypergridService
                 m_TravelingAgents[agentCircuit.SessionID] = travel;
             }
             travel.UserID = agentCircuit.AgentID;
-            travel.GridExternalName = "http://" + region.ExternalHostName + ":" + region.HttpPort;
+            travel.GridExternalName = region.ServerURI;
             travel.ServiceToken = agentCircuit.ServiceSessionID;
             if (old != null)
                 travel.ClientIPAddress = old.ClientIPAddress;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IGridService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IGridService.cs
index 8cf846bb7f..f569fc8356 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IGridService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IGridService.cs
@@ -115,8 +115,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Interfaces
         /// </summary>
         public string ServerURI
         {
-            get { return m_serverURI; }
-            set { m_serverURI = value; }
+            get { 
+                if ( m_serverURI != string.Empty ) {
+                    return m_serverURI;
+                } else {
+                    return "http://" + m_externalHostName + ":" + m_httpPort + "/";
+                }
+            }
+            set { 
+                if ( value.EndsWith("/") ) {
+                    m_serverURI = value;
+                } else {
+                    m_serverURI = value + '/';
+                }
+            }
         }
         protected string m_serverURI;
 
@@ -164,6 +176,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Interfaces
 
         public GridRegion()
         {
+            m_serverURI = string.Empty;
         }
 
         public GridRegion(int regionLocX, int regionLocY, IPEndPoint internalEndPoint, string externalUri)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginResponse.cs b/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginResponse.cs
index 011cad89e8..e98cc22db1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginResponse.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginResponse.cs
@@ -339,34 +339,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.LLLoginService
 
         private void FillOutSeedCap(AgentCircuitData aCircuit, GridRegion destination, IPEndPoint ipepClient)
         {
-            string capsSeedPath = String.Empty;
-
-            // Don't use the following!  It Fails for logging into any region not on the same port as the http server!
-            // Kept here so it doesn't happen again!
-            // response.SeedCapability = regionInfo.ServerURI + capsSeedPath;
-
-            #region IP Translation for NAT
-            if (ipepClient != null)
-            {
-                capsSeedPath
-                    = "http://"
-                      + NetworkUtil.GetHostFor(ipepClient.Address, destination.ExternalHostName)
-                      + ":"
-                      + destination.HttpPort
-                      + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(aCircuit.CapsPath);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                capsSeedPath
-                    = "http://"
-                      + destination.ExternalHostName
-                      + ":"
-                      + destination.HttpPort
-                      + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(aCircuit.CapsPath);
-            }
-            #endregion
-
-            SeedCapability = capsSeedPath;
+            SeedCapability =  destination.ServerURI + CapsUtil.GetCapsSeedPath(aCircuit.CapsPath);
         }
 
         private void SetDefaultValues()
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginService.cs
index 335c7e709b..1749836f6f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/LLLoginService/LLLoginService.cs
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.LLLoginService
 
         private GridRegion FindForeignRegion(string domainName, uint port, string regionName, out GridRegion gatekeeper)
         {
+            m_log.Debug("[LLLOGIN SERVICE]: attempting to findforeignregion " + domainName + ":" + port.ToString() + ":" + regionName);
             gatekeeper = new GridRegion();
             gatekeeper.ExternalHostName = domainName;
             gatekeeper.HttpPort = port;
@@ -658,11 +659,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.LLLoginService
                     gatekeeper = new GridRegion(destination);
                     gatekeeper.ExternalHostName = hostName;
                     gatekeeper.HttpPort = (uint)port;
-
-                }
-                else // login to foreign grid
-                {
+                    gatekeeper.ServerURI = m_GatekeeperURL;
                 }
+                m_log.Debug("[LLLOGIN SERVICE]: no gatekeeper detected..... using " + m_GatekeeperURL);
             }
 
             bool success = false;