<p>I also can't connect to that node. It simply seems like it is offline. Node explorers like 1ml don't keep track in Realtime if nodes are online. Did you talk to the owner of that node? </p>

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2019-03-16T00:27:05.547Z
Yep, the owner said that its all connected and ready to go. Owner is running vpn on his computer, does that play a role?
DaMan Suja
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2019-03-16T07:37:43.700Z
The owner has to open port 9735 on his/her firewall. Some people miss this.. If they don't they can connect to other nodes but can't have incoming connections
Rene Pickhardt
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2019-03-17T20:41:48.903Z
They did open the port! I think it works now.
DaMan Suja
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2019-03-17T22:52:11.073Z
It was the port.. now there is a new problem... remote channel message  unreasonable to self delay = 2016 (max=200).. what does this mean?
DaMan Suja
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2019-03-12T07:00:26.850Z
2019-03-12T07:00:26.850Z
Rene Pickhardt
<p>Am trying to connect to <a href="https://1ml.com/node/02671251b5678771514df8f26cc01508606d697ae8cad38063f84becbd359b189f" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://1ml.com/node/02671251b5678771514df8f26cc01508606d697ae8cad38063f84becbd359b189f</a></p>

<p>From eclair app <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/guGGU.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://i.sstatic.net/guGGU.jpg</a>   it keeps saying failed to open channel: Ask timed out on [Actor[akka://system/user/$i#-242463098</p>

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Can't connect to bitcoin lightning node
DaMan Suja
# Can't connect to bitcoin lightning node

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-12)

Am trying to connect to <https://1ml.com/node/02671251b5678771514df8f26cc01508606d697ae8cad38063f84becbd359b189f>

From eclair app <https://i.sstatic.net/guGGU.jpg> it keeps saying failed to open channel: Ask timed out on [Actor[akka://system/user/$i#-242463098

**Tags:** lightning-network, nodes


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-03-12. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

I also can't connect to that node. It simply seems like it is offline. Node explorers like 1ml don't keep track in Realtime if nodes are online. Did you talk to the owner of that node?

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yep, the owner said that its all connected and ready to go. Owner is running vpn on his computer, does that play a role?  
> **username_1**: The owner has to open port 9735 on his/her firewall. Some people miss this.. If they don't they can connect to other nodes but can't have incoming connections  
> **username_0**: They did open the port! I think it works now.  
> **username_0**: It was the port.. now there is a new problem... remote channel message  unreasonable to self delay = 2016 (max=200).. what does this mean?  

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