Checking your connection from a Home Network
If you want to check if your nodes are having connection issues, preventing them from earning, here's what you can do…
If you want to check if your nodes are having connection issues, preventing them from earning, here's what you can do…
and then start them again
Let them run for several minutes
of a node
Search the file for the phrase HandshakeTimedOut and/or CircuitReqDenied.
Some of these errors can be expected in a typical log, but if you're finding them in large numbers (e.g. >1000) then this indicates that your nodes are struggling to make connections from behind your router.
We are working on improvements and optimisations that should significantly improve and mitigate this issue, if not eliminate it altogether. So keep an eye out for updates! We'll ask you to reset your nodes when they are ready.
If you are comfortable with getting your hands a bit more dirty and are happy to tinker other more short-term solutions might be to:
Use the Node Manager via the CLI which offers more configuration options which may get things going
Use an aftermarket router which allows advanced configuration, such as port forwarding.
The best place to start is by asking our friendly community for help, either over on the or on .