not_publicly_routable on getpeerinfo

[Kepp]

Good, I'm a bit new to the topic of nodes, and I have a doubt when obtaining the pairs connected to my node.

https://imgur.com/a/hj0bXQt

As you can see, when I get the list of connected peers, some of them have a not_publicly_routable network and as ip addresses 172.26.0.1 and 172.26.0.2, which are private networks.
How do those nodes connect to me (or me to them) without me knowing their ip address?

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[vv181]

How do those nodes connect to me (or me to them) without me knowing their ip address?

Bitcoin Core have hardcoded DNS seed and node IPs. If you are running a brand new node, that information is where your node relies upon to get in into the network.

After establishing that part, each node in the network do also share each other information and the node may keep the information in their own known-node local databases, so other or you can connect to each other. For a further detailed explanation, you can refer to: https://developer.bitcoin.org/devguide/p2p_network.html

[Kepp]

After establishing that part, each node in the network do also share each other information and the node may keep the information in their own known-node local databases, so other or you can connect to each other. For a further detailed explanation, you can refer to: https://developer.bitcoin.org/devguide/p2p_network.html

So when I'm connected to a  not publicly routeable node, does that mean I'm connected to it through another node?

[ABCbits]

How do those nodes connect to me (or me to them) without me knowing their ip address?

Since those IP are private IP address (as defined by rfc1918[1]), it's possible those nodes actively scan the local network.

After establishing that part, each node in the network do also share each other information and the node may keep the information in their own known-node local databases, so other or you can connect to each other. For a further detailed explanation, you can refer to: https://developer.bitcoin.org/devguide/p2p_network.html

So when I'm connected to a  not publicly routeable node, does that mean I'm connected to it through another node?

No. It means it can't be accessed through outside local network since the node has private IP address[2]. Bitcoin Core getpeerinfo only show directly connected node.

[1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918
[2] https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/a/40336

[Kingkongs]

How do those nodes connect to me (or me to them) without me knowing their ip address?

Since those IP are private IP address (as defined by rfc1918[1]), it's possible those nodes actively scan the local network.

After establishing that part, each node in the network do also share each other information and the node may keep the information in their own known-node local databases, so other or you can connect to each other. For a further detailed explanation, you can refer to: https://developer.bitcoin.org/devguide/p2p_network.html

So when I'm connected to a  not publicly routeable node, does that mean I'm connected to it through another node?

No. It means it can't be accessed through outside local network since the node has private IP address[2]. Bitcoin Core getpeerinfo only show directly connected node.

[1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918
[2] https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/a/40336

Super, this is really informative, thanks for sharing those links, OP try and take a look at the second link as well, very informative and well detailed