Questions tagged [firewall]

I've noticed that if I don't open the correct ports on my computer and router, and then type status in the daemon, Monero will show 8+0 connections, meaning it has 8 connections where I'm getting data from other nodes, but no connections where…

I have read a report on Reddit for this YouTube video that some users apparently need to disable their Windows firewall in order to be able to use the Monero Wallet GUI. Is that really needed? I'm asking because I have tested a fresh Windows 7…

Is there any point in having monerod daemon running all the time without any open ports for incoming? Does it still help the Monero network by providing a node or is it pointless? I am unable to open the ports as I am using a wireless connection…

I am mining Monero using Remote Nodes. To mine, I use the following command: sudo ./monero-wallet-cli --daemon-address eu.node.moneroworld.com:18089 --trusted-daemon The nodes are from moneroworld.com/#nodes e.g. geo.node.moneroworld.com at port…