<p>The issue was that <code>bitcoind</code> was discovering my wrong IPv6 address. (It mistook my link IPv6 address for my public one.) I set <code>--discover=0</code> and set my IPv4 and IPv6 addresses manually with <code>--externalip</code>.</p>

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2015-07-04T18:19:38.840Z
2015-07-04T18:19:38.840Z
Geremia
<p><code>getnetworkinfo</code> says IPv6 is working on my node:</p>

<pre><code>{
"name" : "ipv6",
"limited" : false,
"reachable" : true,
"proxy" : "127.0.0.1:9050"
}
</code></pre>

<p>Yet why don't I get any IPv6 peers connecting to my node? Sometimes I get many connecting to it, but right now I have only IPv4 peers.</p>

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2015-07-02T04:08:58.993Z
Does your proxy endpoint support IPv6?
Claris
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2015-07-02T05:48:32.270Z
@Bitcoin: I don't know why it even says IPv6 is using a proxy. I don't want it to. It has said that before, though, when I did have IPv6 peers.
Geremia
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2015-07-02T06:14:26.330Z
@Bitcoin (127.0.0.1:9050 is my Tor proxy, which is working, since a few of my peers are Onion addresses.)
Geremia
<nodes><peers><peer-discovery>
no IPv6 peers connecting to my node
Geremia
# no IPv6 peers connecting to my node

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-02)

getnetworkinfo says IPv6 is working on my node:
{
"name" : "ipv6",
"limited" : false,
"reachable" : true,
"proxy" : "127.0.0.1:9050"
}

Yet why don't I get any IPv6 peers connecting to my node? Sometimes I get many connecting to it, but right now I have only IPv4 peers.

**Tags:** nodes, peers, peer-discovery

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Does your proxy endpoint support IPv6?  
> **username_0**: @Bitcoin: I don't know why it even says IPv6 is using a proxy. I don't want it to. It has said that before, though, when I did have IPv6 peers.  
> **username_0**: @Bitcoin (127.0.0.1:9050 is my Tor proxy, which is working, since a few of my peers are Onion addresses.)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2015-07-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The issue was that `bitcoind` was discovering my wrong IPv6 address. (It mistook my link IPv6 address for my public one.) I set `--discover=0` and set my IPv4 and IPv6 addresses manually with `--externalip`.


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