Hrmm makes sense. I've had it on for a day and the bitcoin node is connected. Now that you mention it, when I first looked after a couple hrs I had no peers. Looking at it 30 min ago I realize now that my peers were all there, just not connected. 

Of course I rebooted my node OS (not the machine) right before I made the note. I prob have to start the process over... doh! Maybe I just need more patience.