2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Communications/OGS1/OGS1GridServices.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Communications/OGS1/OGS1GridServices.cs
index 23b8fb4..a783050 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Communications/OGS1/OGS1GridServices.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Communications/OGS1/OGS1GridServices.cs
@@ -226,7 +226,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Communications.OGS1
                         uint port = Convert.ToUInt32(neighbourData["sim_port"]);
                         string externalUri = (string) neighbourData["sim_uri"];
 
-                        string externalIpStr = Util.GetHostFromDNS(simIp).ToString();
+                        string externalIpStr = String.Empty;
+                        try
+                        {                            
+                            externalIpStr = Util.GetHostFromDNS(simIp).ToString();
+                        }
+                        catch (SocketException e)
+                        {
+                            m_log.WarnFormat("RequestNeighbours(): Lookup of neighbour {0} failed!  Not including in neighbours list");
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        
                         SimpleRegionInfo sri = new SimpleRegionInfo(regX, regY, simIp, port);
                         
                         sri.RemotingPort = Convert.ToUInt32(neighbourData["remoting_port"]);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneCommunicationService.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneCommunicationService.cs
index 318b04a..2f81192 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneCommunicationService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneCommunicationService.cs
@@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
                                                 
                         // FIXME: Okay, even though we've failed, we're still going to throw the exception on,
                         // since I don't know what will happen if we just let the client continue
-                        throw e;                        
+                        
+                        // XXX: Well, decided to swallow the exception instead for now.  Let us see how that goes.
+                        // throw e;                        
+                        
                     }                    
                 }
             }