Pools n' Ports

[jamwerd16]

Hello,

I'm trying to connect to a mining pool, but I get this error:

Stratum connection failed:  failed connect to <pool URL>:<port number>; no error

What does "no error" mean? 


My best guess this is something to do with the port not being available?

I'm not sure though...

Checked in cmd with netstat -a, and could not see that the specified port was listening...
but not sure if that has any relation to my problem or not.

Anybody want to give me a gentle shove in the right direction?

[oxfardk]

hello, what r you mining ? it's something to do with your switch not sure

[jamwerd16]

Oh,

I was trying to mine Dogecoin with pooler cpuminer 2.3.2,


I am able to mine Litecoin with Scryptminer, but that uses port 80,
which is almost always open from my understanding,

I keep thinking maybe it's a port issue... but maybe cause I'm a noob.

[Feni]

On what OS are you trying to mine, linux of windows? In case of windows, disable your firewall and see if it helps. If no, it's a probably a problem with your syntax.

[jamwerd16]

Yeah,

it's windows, and it could most likely be a firewall issue.
Since this isn't MY computer per se...
I don't really want to disable anything if I don't have to,
couldn't I just make an exception for the port in the firewall?

[Feni]

Sure, just search "add exception to firewall"