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    • ksd5 (OP)
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    July 12, 2010, 12:48:26 AM
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    I was running the "Generate Coins" feature of Bitcoin. I have not opened up port 8333. It says it has 8 connections, and the number of blocks just keeps going up and up. (It's over 50,000). It hasn't generated any coins yet.

    Is it working properly, or do I have to open up port 8333?

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    July 12, 2010, 01:08:22 AM
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    You do not have to open the port. It really just helps you get better connected to the network. If things are working, you're all good.
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    July 12, 2010, 02:50:49 PM
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    I'd like to use this feature, but I'm not sure what to set in my Linksys WRT54G router. I think it's the Applications and Gaming section I want, and the following is what I entered. But I don't know about the "Port In" and "Dest. Port" difference. Should they both be 8333 like I have them here?
     
    Name: Bitcoin
    Port In: 8333
    Dest. IP Address: 192.168.1.3
    Dest. Port: 8333
    Protocol: tcp

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    July 12, 2010, 04:01:13 PM
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    yeah, usually you just forward the inbound port to the same destination port.
    that only differs if you run a service locally with a certain port, but you want people to connect to the service via another port.
    this scenario wont really apply to the normal computer user.
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    July 14, 2010, 01:08:47 PM
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    Quote from: davidonpda on July 12, 2010, 03:02:17 PM
    That should be exactly what you need. Do you have more than 8 connections to your client now?

    Thanks. I think I got up to 15 connections a couple of days ago when I first installed bitcoin.

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