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I have a full node on a Gentoo box. I have port forwarding on my router setup so that port 8333 is sent to the IP of my full node. I opened port 8333 on the machine using:
iptables -A INPUT -p TCP --dport 8333 -i wlp4s0 -j ACCEPT
The node is fully synced with the network and I can watch new blocks arrive in the debug log. I thought I was fully participating in the network, but when I check for my full node at Bitnodes it says that my node is unreachable.
Any suggestions? Is there any other way to test public access to my full node?
If you run
nc -z localhost 8333; echo $?does it output 0 (success) or 1 (failure)? – Nick ODell – 2017-10-06T00:13:35.073Freaking Gentoo...had to compile netcat but I do get 0 from that command. I think the problem is somewhere in my router or WiFi configuration. – Ben Harold – 2017-10-06T00:26:01.333
Next thing to try is
nc -z <external ip address of router> 8333; echo $?If that fails, there's a networking issue or a portforwarding issue. PS: Debian rules. – Nick ODell – 2017-10-06T03:57:37.997