<p>I've created a litecoin-qt server with the following configuration:</p>

<pre><code>{
"pools" : [
        {
                "url" : "http://192.168.10.5:9332",
                "user" : "something",
                "pass" : "somethingelse"
        }
]
,
"auto-fan" : true,
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "85", 
"scrypt" : true
}
</code></pre>

<p>I'm able to connect to it from at least 3 different machines on the network, plus one connection from itself (I'm having cgminer run on the server).</p>

<p>However, I'm unable to connect from any other machines - it flashes the following:</p>

<pre><code>[2014-02-04 21:47:03] Pool: 0  URL: http://192.168.10.5:9332  User: something Password: somethingelse
 [2014-02-04 21:47:03] Press any key to exit, or cgminer will try again in 15s.
 [2014-02-04 21:48:03] HTTP request failed: Operation timed out after 60000 milliseconds with 0 out of -1 bytes received
 [2014-02-04 21:48:03] Failed to connect in json_rpc_call
 [2014-02-04 21:48:03] Succeeded delayed connect
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] Timed out waiting for response in initiate_stratum
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] Initiate stratum failed
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] Closing socket for stratum pool 0
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] FAILED to retrieve work from pool 0 http://192.168.10.5:9332
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] Pool 0 slow/down or URL or credentials invalid
</code></pre>

<p>And ends with:</p>

<pre><code> [2014-02-04 21:40:48] Timed out waiting for data on socket_full
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] Initiate stratum failed
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] Closing socket for stratum pool 0
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] FAILED to retrieve work from pool 0 http://192.168.10.5:9332
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] Pool 0 slow/down or URL or credentials invalid
</code></pre>

<p>The datetimes are slightly off since I fetched these logs in different run instances.</p>

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2014-02-04T21:25:11.800Z
Are those other machines outside of your network and getting blocked by a firewall or port rules?
John T
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2014-02-05T01:57:15.833Z
Hi Jacob - no, they're all on the same wifi and the other machines can ping the .10.5 one. This is all on Windows - am I running into a connection limitation?
siliconpi
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2014-02-05T01:58:56.920Z
Bitcoind by default accepts up to 8 connections. Have you tried pinging the ip address from the trouble computers?
John T
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2014-02-05T02:02:12.480Z
Yup - did that again before typing the above - am able to receive responses. Still seeing the above message (second quoted block) - note, this isn't a stratum pool.
siliconpi
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2014-02-05T02:04:24.663Z
It may be a network issue most likely. Are you using the correct ip address, port, and password for sure? The following line suggests that no communication is even established, so it's not a problem with configuration of pool. `HTTP request failed: Operation timed out after 60000 milliseconds with 0 out of -1 bytes received`
John T
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2014-02-05T02:19:15.537Z
Yeah - I'm using the correct IP - using the same config on the other machines. Two of the worker machines are using cudaminer, 1 is using cgminer (with the config exactly as the first quoted block). The server machine itself has it modified to use 127.0.0.1 as the IP address, no other change.
siliconpi
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2014-02-05T02:20:51.767Z
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/12859/discussion-between-jacob-torba-and-matt74tm)
John T
<litecoin><cgminer><solo-mining><connection><litecoin-qt>
Unable to connect to litecoin-qt server from more than 3-4 machines
siliconpi
# Unable to connect to litecoin-qt server from more than 3-4 machines

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-04)

I've created a litecoin-qt server with the following configuration:

```
{
"pools" : [
        {
                "url" : "http://192.168.10.5:9332",
                "user" : "something",
                "pass" : "somethingelse"
        }
]
,
"auto-fan" : true,
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "85", 
"scrypt" : true
}

```

I'm able to connect to it from at least 3 different machines on the network, plus one connection from itself (I'm having cgminer run on the server).

However, I'm unable to connect from any other machines - it flashes the following:

```
[2014-02-04 21:47:03] Pool: 0  URL: http://192.168.10.5:9332  User: something Password: somethingelse
 [2014-02-04 21:47:03] Press any key to exit, or cgminer will try again in 15s.
 [2014-02-04 21:48:03] HTTP request failed: Operation timed out after 60000 milliseconds with 0 out of -1 bytes received
 [2014-02-04 21:48:03] Failed to connect in json_rpc_call
 [2014-02-04 21:48:03] Succeeded delayed connect
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] Timed out waiting for response in initiate_stratum
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] Initiate stratum failed
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] Closing socket for stratum pool 0
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] FAILED to retrieve work from pool 0 http://192.168.10.5:9332
 [2014-02-04 21:49:03] Pool 0 slow/down or URL or credentials invalid

```

And ends with:

```
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] Timed out waiting for data on socket_full
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] Initiate stratum failed
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] Closing socket for stratum pool 0
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] FAILED to retrieve work from pool 0 http://192.168.10.5:9332
 [2014-02-04 21:40:48] Pool 0 slow/down or URL or credentials invalid

```

The datetimes are slightly off since I fetched these logs in different run instances.

**Tags:** litecoin, cgminer, solo-mining, connection, litecoin-qt

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are those other machines outside of your network and getting blocked by a firewall or port rules?  
> **username_0**: Hi Jacob - no, they're all on the same wifi and the other machines can ping the .10.5 one. This is all on Windows - am I running into a connection limitation?  
> **username_1**: Bitcoind by default accepts up to 8 connections. Have you tried pinging the ip address from the trouble computers?  
> **username_0**: Yup - did that again before typing the above - am able to receive responses. Still seeing the above message (second quoted block) - note, this isn't a stratum pool.  
> **username_1**: It may be a network issue most likely. Are you using the correct ip address, port, and password for sure? The following line suggests that no communication is even established, so it's not a problem with configuration of pool. `HTTP request failed: Operation timed out after 60000 milliseconds with 0 out of -1 bytes received`  
> **username_0**: Yeah - I'm using the correct IP - using the same config on the other machines. Two of the worker machines are using cudaminer, 1 is using cgminer (with the config exactly as the first quoted block). The server machine itself has it modified to use 127.0.0.1 as the IP address, no other change.  
> **username_1**: let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/12859/discussion-between-jacob-torba-and-matt74tm)  

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