I have 29 connections at the moment.
Usually I have about 35.
Topic: How many connections are you seeing on your Bitcoin client? - page 2. (Read 12457 times)
Anyone else notice more connections on their linux boxes than their microsoft ones?
higher tcp connection limit, perhaps?
I also have endless 8's- even DMZ'd my router for the computer and still 8's.
I just figured out how to configure port forwarding on my router and I'm getting 30 connections on average 
Congrats!
Anyone else notice more connections on their linux boxes than their microsoft ones?
Floating around 15-ish here.
I just figured out how to configure port forwarding on my router and I'm getting 30 connections on average
i'll try it with -maxconnections=16, see if i can get more peers.
That will reduce the number. Maxconnections is the maximum number of total connections -- additional incoming connections will be rejected. (I also made this mistake for a long time.)
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i'll try it with -maxconnections=16, see if i can get more peers.
i'll try it with -maxconnections=16, see if i can get more peers.
I never brother because I can't figure how to get around it. It's all too complicated for me.
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Can that -maxconnections= only be changed using bitcoind?
No, it also works with the GUI version.
I'm at 97 right now, but it is usually 125. I think there is a hard-coded limit at 125 connections because I've never seen more than that. My uptime is about 120 days at this point, although I occasionally kill bitcoind briefly to update it. Bandwidth is 10 Mbps.
Wow! I haven't had that many since the outgoing connection limit was reduced from 15 to 8.
Just to combine these thoughts: after looking through the code, there is a hard limit of 125 total connections (can be changed with the "-maxconnections=" command. There is also a hard limit of 8 outbound connections (only really applies to those behind firewalls who don't have port forwarding set up).
From what I understand, this means that your bitcoin client actively tries to connect to 8 other bitcoin clients. After that, it is just waiting for other clients to connect to you (up to the 125 limit).
Can that -maxconnections= only be changed using bitcoind?
I'm at 97 right now, but it is usually 125. I think there is a hard-coded limit at 125 connections because I've never seen more than that. My uptime is about 120 days at this point, although I occasionally kill bitcoind briefly to update it. Bandwidth is 10 Mbps.
Wow! I haven't had that many since the outgoing connection limit was reduced from 15 to 8.
Just to combine these thoughts: after looking through the code, there is a hard limit of 125 total connections (can be changed with the "-maxconnections=" command. There is also a hard limit of 8 outbound connections (only really applies to those behind firewalls who don't have port forwarding set up).
From what I understand, this means that your bitcoin client actively tries to connect to 8 other bitcoin clients. After that, it is just waiting for other clients to connect to you (up to the 125 limit).
Always 8. I haven't wanted to take the time to figure out port-forwarding on my firewall, since it isn't listed in the massive database of "how to port forward" and there is no help for it online.
It's definitely helps with the over-all resilience of the network if you port-forward #8333 to your box running bitcoin(d) so that your connections will go above 8.
I noticed that I hit almost 100 on one machine the other day.
I noticed that I hit almost 100 on one machine the other day.
It depends on your firewall and router settings a lot .. if your behind a firewall you generally get way lower node counts ... 8 or less on average ..
if you have your firewall configured properly then you get more connections ..
my laptop (dynamic local ip) always gets about 1~8 connections ...
my dedicated machine with the firewall and router configured for it to run the server, gets about 70~115 connections on average
if you have your firewall configured properly then you get more connections ..
my laptop (dynamic local ip) always gets about 1~8 connections ...
my dedicated machine with the firewall and router configured for it to run the server, gets about 70~115 connections on average
I'm up to 45 today - seems to be a slight jump in my "max" of about 10 users.
How does one go about becoming a permanent seed node? I run a dedicated 100mbps and only restart my computer every few weeks. Surely I would be a great match for something like that.
Or does the bitcoin client choose them over time?
How does one go about becoming a permanent seed node? I run a dedicated 100mbps and only restart my computer every few weeks. Surely I would be a great match for something like that.
Or does the bitcoin client choose them over time?
8 from day one. endless 8. 
63 and I normally hang out around there. S. America but not sure if it matters.
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