<p>It seems you're having technical issues with the app. I would recommend to bring this issue to the devs on their forum: <a href="https://gitter.im/ACINQ/eclair" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://gitter.im/ACINQ/eclair</a>. Also, please prepare to have all info such as the version of the app, your OS, mainnet or testnet.</p>

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This is probably the best way to get help on this matter quickly, but @kevmate, please kindly do post a self-answer when you have found out what the issue was!
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<p>I have set up a Bitcoin Core wallet with 0.3 bitcoins in it and an Eclair lightning node. The rpc userid and password is set plus all the other settings I am supposed to have, hopefully.</p>

<p>No problems with the Bitcoin wallet, and the Eclair software runs without showing errors. I managed to send a channel request and it filled up with 3100 channels and 889 nodes, so it's ok. Hopefully, I have sorted out my firewall to open port 9735 in both directions. I am using noip to fix my ip address.</p>

<p>But every time I attempt to open a channel, it sits for a couple of minutes then dies. No channels ever last. They show <code>WAIT_FOR_ACCEPT_CHANNEL</code> for a while, "Your balance" shows as N/A. The funding transaction's id shows N/A.
Then they die. Sometimes with "Insufficient funds", sometimes "Failed to open channel". </p>

<p>I would really be very very happy if I could get a channel going, but I don't know how to debug it. Is there a trick? How do I select a node to connect to?</p>

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How can I open channels with Eclair?
kevmate
# How can I open channels with Eclair?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-30)

I have set up a Bitcoin Core wallet with 0.3 bitcoins in it and an Eclair lightning node. The rpc userid and password is set plus all the other settings I am supposed to have, hopefully.

No problems with the Bitcoin wallet, and the Eclair software runs without showing errors. I managed to send a channel request and it filled up with 3100 channels and 889 nodes, so it's ok. Hopefully, I have sorted out my firewall to open port 9735 in both directions. I am using noip to fix my ip address.

But every time I attempt to open a channel, it sits for a couple of minutes then dies. No channels ever last. They show `WAIT_FOR_ACCEPT_CHANNEL` for a while, "Your balance" shows as N/A. The funding transaction's id shows N/A.
Then they die. Sometimes with "Insufficient funds", sometimes "Failed to open channel".

I would really be very very happy if I could get a channel going, but I don't know how to debug it. Is there a trick? How do I select a node to connect to?

**Tags:** lightning-network, eclair, ln-opening-channels


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-31. Score: 1

It seems you're having technical issues with the app. I would recommend to bring this issue to the devs on their forum: <https://gitter.im/ACINQ/eclair>. Also, please prepare to have all info such as the version of the app, your OS, mainnet or testnet.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This is probably the best way to get help on this matter quickly, but @username_0, please kindly do post a self-answer when you have found out what the issue was!  

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