Running full node – after 0.13.1 upgrade, only 8 connections

[monkeybars]

Directly after upgrading to 0.13.1 my full node got more connections than ever before.

Since restarting Core, I only get 8 connections anymore. Port 8333 is open.

I can't find anything that would cause this. Any ideas?

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[achow101]

Double check your firewalls and any port forwarding.

[monkeybars]

I went to a website that told me port 8333 is open, that would rule out firewalls and port forwarding, right?

[achow101]

I went to a website that told me port 8333 is open, that would rule out firewalls and port forwarding, right?

Not necessarily. Check the firewalls on your router and computer. Just because a third party website says they are open does not necessarily mean that the node is actually accessible.

[monkeybars]

Not necessarily. Check the firewalls on your router and computer. Just because a third party website says they are open does not necessarily mean that the node is actually accessible.

No firewall on my Mac.

I have not touched the firewall settings on my router or any other settings for that matter, and just doublechecked them – same as ever. I just power-cycled my router and restarted Core. Still stuck at 8 connections.

SPI firewall shows the following options are checked:

Block Anonymous WAN Requests (ping)
Filter Multicast
Filter IDENT (Port 113)
Block WAN SNMP access

Anything fishy-looking?

[achow101]

Is port 8333 on you router being forwarded to the right IP address? IP addresses can change after computer reboots.

Can you send me your nodes IP address? I can try connecting my node to yours.

[monkeybars]

Sent!

[monkeybars]

All seems good now – maybe your ping broke the stalemate! Thanks for your patience.