Geth gives empty answer for ANY chain data query

Question

I'm running geth on an extra machine in my office. It is all synced and should be a full node. However, when I attach to the console and issue queries, the rely is always "0".
Can't get balance of any accounts or any contract info.

However I have peers, the synced blocks are up to date, etc. No errors reported.

Any ideas why this might be happening?

Answer 1

Full geth returns empty response when it's not synced. It can take up hours / days depending of the power of your computer to be fully synced.

If you want to quickly access data without syncing the chain you can use a light geth.