# No connection **URL:** \ **Category:** Ardor and Nxt Wallet Users\ **Created:** [22 August 2021 13:30 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490 "2021-08-22T13:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/u/brangdonj)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 13:30 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490/1 "2021-08-22T13:30:58Z")
I'm trying to get my Ardor wallet working after several years of inactivity. I've updated Java and the 2.3.4 client. I can get to the wallet and it recognises my pass phrase and shows the old balance. However, it also says "Blockchain download halted, no connection", and the Peers page shows no connected peers. If I try to add one manually, it appears for a few moments and then disappears. I have port 27874 open, according to a couple of other websites I checked with. What do I need to do to get the blockchain downloading? I've spent some time looking for FAQs, but I've not found anything that covers this. ---
**Author:** ![sergi](https://talk.jelurida.com/user_avatar/talk.jelurida.com/sergi/32/21_2.png) [@sergi](https://talk.jelurida.com/u/sergi)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 20:31 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490/2 "2021-08-22T20:31:12Z")
If it's been a long time I would suggest you start downloading the blockchain from scratch. Just shut down your node, navigate to the [user directory](https://ardordocs.jelurida.com/Faq#User_directories_per_product_and_platform), delete `nxt_db` and start the node again. ---
**Author:** ![brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/u/brangdonj)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2021 12:24 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490/3 "2021-08-23T12:24:19Z")
Thanks. I did that. It made no difference. I still have no connection. What would be preventing it from making a connection? ---
**Author:** ![sergi](https://talk.jelurida.com/user_avatar/talk.jelurida.com/sergi/32/21_2.png) [@sergi](https://talk.jelurida.com/u/sergi)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2021 12:37 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490/4 "2021-08-23T12:37:56Z")
Can you check the log file for any error message? You can also PM it to me if you want. ---
**Author:** ![brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/u/brangdonj)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2021 13:34 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490/5 "2021-08-23T13:34:11Z")
The first warning is 2021-08-23 13:18:33 WARNING: main Your announced address does not match your external address There's also things like: 2021-08-23 13:18:33 WARNING: Thread-2 Column in position 2 in SHUFFLING\_ID\_HEIGHT\_IDX is 'HEIGHT' instead of 'FULL\_HASH'. Fast trimming is disabled for table IGNIS.SHUFFLING Then there's some: 2021-08-23 13:20:13 INFO: Network Listener Connection to 159.89.22.66 completed 2021-08-23 13:20:14 FINE: Network Listener Connection with 159.89.22.66 closed by peer 2021-08-23 13:20:14 INFO: Network Listener Will close connection to 159.89.22.66 2021-08-23 13:20:29 FINE: Network Listener Outbound connect failed to complete: Connection refused: no further information 2021-08-23 13:20:29 INFO: pool-2-thread-20 Connection to 157.90.161.201 failed to complete, disconnecting ---
**Author:** ![brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/u/brangdonj)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2021 13:39 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490/6 "2021-08-23T13:39:07Z")
I'd PM the whole thing, but I can't see how to send a private message with this forum. ---
**Author:** ![brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@brangdonj](https://talk.jelurida.com/u/brangdonj)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2021 13:45 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490/7 "2021-08-23T13:45:03Z")
Ah, I think I've found it. There was an old nxt.properties. I've renamed it and now there are some connections. ---
**Author:** ![tomislav](https://talk.jelurida.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tomislav](https://talk.jelurida.com/u/tomislav)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2021 13:45 UTC](https://talk.jelurida.com/t/no-connection/490/8 "2021-08-23T13:45:23Z")
If your announced address does not match your external address, this may be the reason your node can't connect to peers (they may even be blacklisting you, need to check the code). Remove any nxt.myAddress property from your nxt.properties file, or make sure it is correct.