bitcoind using wrong IP instead of -bind #6698

issue Mellnik opened this issue on September 19, 2015

Mellnik commented at 9:10 AM on September 19, 2015: none

I told bitcoin.conf to use 5.135.180.85 but now bitcoind makes connections on a totally other IP-Address.

I don't want bitcoind to use IPs other than 5.135.180.85.

Is that on purpose?
abitfan commented at 10:24 AM on September 19, 2015: contributor

The bind option specifies the ip bitcoind listen's on and according to your screenshot it works as expected. The ip address that is used for outgoing connections is your primary ip address, again, as expected. You can change that with some linux magic.
Mellnik commented at 5:17 PM on September 20, 2015: none

Nothing works as expected here. 91.121... is not my primary IP and now bitcoind even uses 5.135... for outgoing connections.
laanwj commented at 5:48 PM on September 22, 2015: member

-bind does not affect outgoing connections. Would be OK with adding an option to set the outgoing bind for ipv4/ipv6. Duplicate of #6476
laanwj closed this on Sep 22, 2015
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