Setting up Bitcoin Qt and opening port 8333

[achow101]

I have followed the instruction above to the letter, and still only 8 connections.  not sure what else i can try.  

Check if it is reachable. Go to the https://bitnodes.21.co and scroll down to check node. It will automatically full in your public IP address. If your node is reachable, then it will say so and all you can do is wait and hope people connect to you. If it is unreachable (shouldn't be) then you have done something wrong.

You can also give us your IP address and we can try to connect our nodes to yours. If it works then you've done everything correctly and just need to wait for other people to connect to you.

[calkob]

I have followed the instruction above to the letter, and still only 8 connections.  not sure what else i can try.  

Check if it is reachable. Go to the https://bitnodes.21.co and scroll down to check node. It will automatically full in your public IP address. If your node is reachable, then it will say so and all you can do is wait and hope people connect to you. If it is unreachable (shouldn't be) then you have done something wrong.

You can also give us your IP address and we can try to connect our nodes to yours. If it works then you've done everything correctly and just need to wait for other people to connect to you.

I Have checked it out on bitnodes and it is saying that it is unreachable.  i checked the ipconfig and put the ip addresses over, i've set up a rule to port forward 8333.  ive checked my firewall and everything there seems in order, obviously im missing something.....

[achow101]

I have followed the instruction above to the letter, and still only 8 connections.  not sure what else i can try.  

Check if it is reachable. Go to the https://bitnodes.21.co and scroll down to check node. It will automatically full in your public IP address. If your node is reachable, then it will say so and all you can do is wait and hope people connect to you. If it is unreachable (shouldn't be) then you have done something wrong.

You can also give us your IP address and we can try to connect our nodes to yours. If it works then you've done everything correctly and just need to wait for other people to connect to you.

I Have checked it out on bitnodes and it is saying that it is unreachable.  i checked the ipconfig and put the ip addresses over, i've set up a rule to port forward 8333.  ive checked my firewall and everything there seems in order, obviously im missing something.....

What is your node's ip address? You can PM me it if you don't want it publicly shared. I will try to connect to it with my node.

[calkob]

I have followed the instruction above to the letter, and still only 8 connections.  not sure what else i can try.  

Check if it is reachable. Go to the https://bitnodes.21.co and scroll down to check node. It will automatically full in your public IP address. If your node is reachable, then it will say so and all you can do is wait and hope people connect to you. If it is unreachable (shouldn't be) then you have done something wrong.

You can also give us your IP address and we can try to connect our nodes to yours. If it works then you've done everything correctly and just need to wait for other people to connect to you.

I Have checked it out on bitnodes and it is saying that it is unreachable.  i checked the ipconfig and put the ip addresses over, i've set up a rule to port forward 8333.  ive checked my firewall and everything there seems in order, obviously im missing something.....

What is your node's ip address? You can PM me it if you don't want it publicly shared. I will try to connect to it with my node.

Cheers knightdk  i just sent you it, my node is only showing 8 outbound connections.  i think i'll phone my service provider tomorrw and make sure it not something to do with the router.  thanks for your help

[achow101]

Cheers knightdk  i just sent you it, my node is only showing 8 outbound connections.  i think i'll phone my service provider tomorrw and make sure it not something to do with the router.  thanks for your help

Yeah, I can't even ping you, so something must be blocking you. It might be your ISP is blocking any connection that wasn't initiated by you.

[calkob]

   Finally running a node.  Thanks to all who helped information was great.  turns out McAfee was blocking the port all along.  so had to make an exception on the McAfee software.  Sometimes the simple things we over look.   

[jonnybravo0311]

Congrats on getting it solved

[calkob]

Congrats on getting it solved

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