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+### P2Pool console commands
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+Command|Description
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+help|display list of commands
+status|display p2pool status
+loglevel **N**|set log level (**N** can be between 0 and 6)
+addpeers **L**|**L** is a comma-separated list of IP:port of other p2pool nodes to connect to
+droppeers|disconnect all currently connected peers
+peers|show all currently connected peers (p2p)
+workers|show all currently connected workers (stratum)
+bans|show all banned IPs
+hosts|show Monero hosts which were configured in the command line
+next_host|switch to the next Monero host configured in the command line
+outpeers **N**|set maximum number of outgoing connections (values above 50 are not recommended)
+inpeers **N**|set maximum number of incoming connections (values above 50 are not recommended)
+start_mining **T**|start mining (**T** is the number of threads to use, must be between 1 and 64)
+stop_mining|stop mining
+exit|terminate p2pool
+version|show p2pool version