Thanks, Hobbyist.  I've added those 8 to my .conf file.  Does you .conf file have only "addnode=" commands?  I've seen some sample .conf file with just addnodes, but other that have things like:

testnet=0
listen=1
maxconnections=50000
server=0
rpcport=11371
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1

TIA!