I have got it currently working. Once I allowed the incoming connection on my router, I checked http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ and port 8333 showed up as open for my IP.
My Bitcoin-Qt client now says 14 active connections to the Bitcoin network:
C:\Users\Limitado>netstat -an | find ":8333"
TCP 0.0.0.0:8333 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.192:8333 71.245.166.189:49574 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:8333 88.6.209.227:28040 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:8333 92.53.76.96:51141 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:8333 109.129.6.209:41591 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:8333 176.9.5.91:52648 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:8333 195.72.200.194:63911 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:51847 75.74.247.197:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:51848 24.253.224.165:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:51855 129.241.125.82:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:52037 70.171.181.49:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:52044 99.29.0.238:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:52849 75.89.67.17:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:52925 108.2.213.201:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:54405 67.215.217.178:8333 ESTABLISHED
Much better now! Thanks!
Topic: Does my Bitcoin-Qt client accept incoming connections? (Read 12885 times)
Most routers have NAT, which breaks incoming connections unless you specifically create a rule to allow them. It will usually do something like "allow all connections on port 8333 to go to port 8333 on this internal IP address" when you have properly created the rule.
You're probably not accepting connections if you have 8 peers. That's the number of outgoing connections that Bitcoin makes.
There are online tools (like this one) you can use to see if your port 8333 is open.
There are online tools (like this one) you can use to see if your port 8333 is open.
The tool you have provided says port 8333 is closed on my IP address.
However, if I run netstat on my Windows 7 machine it says it is in fact listening locally on port 8333. The other 8 addresses are the Bitcoin nodes I am connected to:
C:\Users\Limitado>netstat -an | find ":8333"
TCP 0.0.0.0:8333 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.0.192:49368 50.53.152.59:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:49374 79.169.93.230:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:49375 98.238.214.225:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:49376 83.169.39.90:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:49381 78.90.34.237:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:49389 24.253.224.165:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:49403 85.214.144.81:8333 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.0.192:49404 100.1.142.85:8333 ESTABLISHED
I suppose I need to open port 8333 on my router. It would be great if Bitcoin-qt client informed about active incoming connections...
Thanks!
You're probably not accepting connections if you have 8 peers. That's the number of outgoing connections that Bitcoin makes.
There are online tools (like this one) you can use to see if your port 8333 is open.
There are online tools (like this one) you can use to see if your port 8333 is open.
When I hover the icon on the right it say "8 active connections to the Bitcoin network" (translated from Spanish).
However, I believe those are outgoing connections. If I wanted to contribute to the network I would need to be accepting incoming connections. Where can I find if I am accepting any?
However, I believe those are outgoing connections. If I wanted to contribute to the network I would need to be accepting incoming connections. Where can I find if I am accepting any?
In the bottom right corner, the icon second from the right indicates whether you are connected or not. Hover your cursor over it to see exactly how many peers you are connected to. And blockchain.info only shows nodes connected directly to blockchain.info, not all the nodes on the Bitcoin network.
How can I be sure that my Bitcoin-Qt client is accepting incoming connections? I thought I was accepting them, but I can't see my IP address in http://blockchain.info/connected-nodes .
With emule, for example, it was easy to know, because it showed a green arrow when you were accepting incoming connections and a yellow one when you didn't. I can't find anything similar on Bitcoin-Qt, though.
By the way, I don't have UPnP enabled on my computer.
With emule, for example, it was easy to know, because it showed a green arrow when you were accepting incoming connections and a yellow one when you didn't. I can't find anything similar on Bitcoin-Qt, though.
By the way, I don't have UPnP enabled on my computer.
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