json_rpc_call solo mining with bitcoin running on Windows 7 for antminer

External question — Bitcoin Stack Exchange Author: user23105 Original post: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/35747 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. I setup BitcoinD on a Windows 7 PC. I configured for defaults except user/pw and rpcallowip=192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 . I have also tried 192.168.1.* with no luck. I ultimately want to use an Antminer to connect to it for solo mining, but cannot use it for anything other than mining on the same computer on which it is running. WORKING: using bfgminer with the following command line: bfgminer-5.0.0-win64\bfgminer-5.0.0-win64\bfgminer.exe -o 127.0.0.1:8332 -u rpcuser -p rpcpw NOT WORKING: bfgminer-5.0.0-win64\bfgminer-5.0.0-win64\bfgminer.exe -o 192.168.1.123:8332 -u rpcuser -p rpcpw The only difference is the IP address where 123 is my IP. Error: "json_rpc_call failed, retry after 30 seconds" I looked at firewall and it has entries for "Bitcoin Core" netstat -a output: 0.0.0.0:8332 0.0.0.0:8333 127.0.0.1:8332 192.168.1.123:8333 Antminer says pool is dead. How do I get another computer or Antminer, on my network, to connect for solo mining?

External answer — Bitcoin Stack Exchange Author: Mike Original post: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/89840 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. BFGminer needs to use stratum (bitcoin core doesn't) Add --stratum-port=3333 to your bat file with 192.168.1.123:8333 then point your antminer at 192.168.1.123:3333 Ta. 3KMxGyAFJA9zFnaXfPEkrjoLozXcZz8FH4