I started with one digital ocean droplet with a multichain chain as per the tutorial. I was then unable to connect to it from the linux box in my house, receiving an error on my command. This shown with debug parameters.
multichaind chain1@107.170.205.233:7203 -debug=mchn -debug=mchnminor -debug=net
MultiChain Core Daemon build 1.0 alpha 26 protocol 10006
Retrieving blockchain parameters from the seed node 107.170.205.233:7203 ...
Error: Couldn't connect to the seed node 107.170.205.233 on port 7203 - please check multichaind is running at that address and that your firewall settings allow incoming connections.
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I messed with this for an hour. No dice. NEXT: I decided that maybe it would be easier to remove variables. I set up a second droplet on digital ocean (both in SF1 data center), and set up private networking. I tried to connect the second node to the first...
multichaind chain2@10.134.41.194:2745
MultiChain Core Daemon build 1.0 alpha 26 protocol 10006
Retrieving blockchain parameters from the seed node 10.134.41.194:2745 ...
Error: Couldn't connect to the seed node 10.134.41.194 on port 2745 - please check multichaind is running at that address and that your firewall settings allow incoming connections.
Any advice is appreciated.
********* UPDATE:
I downgraded to alpha 25, and the problem went away.