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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: calkob on February 19, 2016, 03:41:49 PM



Title: How many Connections in and Connections out when running node
Post by: calkob on February 19, 2016, 03:41:49 PM
I am currently running a node and noticed that i have 28 connections inbound and 8 outbound.  The question is regarding the 8 outbound should that be higher or is that some sort of set limit?  it never goes above 8 outbound connections.


Title: Re: How many Connections in and Connections out when running node
Post by: OmegaStarScream on February 19, 2016, 03:59:12 PM
I am currently running a node and noticed that i have 28 connections inbound and 8 outbound.  The question is regarding the 8 outbound should that be higher or is that some sort of set limit?  it never goes above 8 outbound connections.

Yes there is some sort of limits on it as far as I know , and you can see here for more info about it : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=74275.0


Title: Re: How many Connections in and Connections out when running node
Post by: achow101 on February 19, 2016, 11:03:18 PM
I am currently running a node and noticed that i have 28 connections inbound and 8 outbound.  The question is regarding the 8 outbound should that be higher or is that some sort of set limit?  it never goes above 8 outbound connections.

Yes there is some sort of limits on it as far as I know , and you can see here for more info about it : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=74275.0
There is indeed a limit of 8 outbound connections. That number is hard coded into the Bitcoin Core software, you can never make more than 8 outbound connections. There is also a limit on the total number of connections you can possibly have. It is limited to 125 connections by default but that can be configured to however you like.