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laanwj | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 oh sure telnet works too, suggested nc because it can also connect to Tor addresses (using `-x 127.0.0.1:9050`) and telnet isn't that commonly installed anymore 😀
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ChipTuner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Old school :) I'm just on clearnet for now, my load balancer IPS are public so I'm not too worried about tor yet unless I need to start worrying about my ISP. I'm not even sure I set my node up to connect over tor correctly yet.  

Between us, only my servers are on bleeding edge distros/updates ;)
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laanwj | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 what kind of load balancing setup are you using for lightning ? i didn't know that was even a thing
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ChipTuner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 For lighting it's not load balancing, just traffic forwarding from my public IPS. But I assume larger nodes have to be doing something more than a single instance :)
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laanwj | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 well, yes, LSPs and lightning payment providers handling tons of payments tend to have elaborate routing setups and multiple lightning nodes they load balance over, but maybe a bit early to worry about if you're just getting started 😀 

anyhow, happy to help test connectivity, just let me know once you get there
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ChipTuner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I'm always on the lookout for enterprise solutions to simple problems XD

Yeah thanks again!
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Diacone Frost | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 If you care about privacy there is one more advanced setup:

you create a node with all the connectivity, channels, etc.

then you create a private node with one private channel to your "public" node.

But give your strugle with funding your channels it's probably not for you, tho...
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ChipTuner | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not yet. I have to convince myself it's okay to have that many sats tied up in an extremely hot wallet. I'm a stamped steel cold wallet kind of guy. Coins go in, and don't come back out.
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Diacone Frost | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don't think it's possible. You can't run the same node in multiple instances. ever. That would lead to forced closes of all channels if there was a slightest difference in their state.
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laanwj | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 right ! it can't be done by simply running multiple lightning nodes with the same key, that would become a mess
some lightning software (Eclair, for example) can be explicitly configured to split a node over multiple servers
i don't remember exactly and couldnt find the details yesterday but there are also some approaches possible where the last hop is virtual
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Diacone Frost | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 hmm, virtual hops, interesting. never heard of it. Thank!