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**Option 1:** In this case, you only have ONE device that is acting as a blockchain node for Qortal AND your router has uPnP enabled. The default settings that your node will have comes with uPnP enabled - uPnP is a feature that most common routers provide by default. If you are unsure, ask your service provider. With uPnP enabled in the router, and only ONE node running on your home network, you do NOT need to configure anything further on this guide. | **Option 1:** In this case, you only have ONE device that is acting as a blockchain node for Qortal AND your router has uPnP enabled. The default settings that your node will have comes with uPnP enabled - uPnP is a feature that most common routers provide by default. If you are unsure, ask your service provider. With uPnP enabled in the router, and only ONE node running on your home network, you do NOT need to configure anything further on this guide. | ||
- | **Option 2:** If your router does NOT offer uPNP, you will need to port forward | + | **Option 2:** If your router does NOT offer uPNP, you will need to configure |
- | 1) Stop the core: | + | 1) Stop the core on your node by opening the command terminal and entering: |
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- | 2) Open your settings.json | + | 2) Open your settings.json |
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- | If you have settings already displayed, look for the uPnPEnabled section, if it exists, simply replace ' | ||
3) Login to your router and set the IP address of the node to " | 3) Login to your router and set the IP address of the node to " | ||
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5) Start your core: | 5) Start your core: | ||
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===== More Than One Node On Your Home Network ===== | ===== More Than One Node On Your Home Network ===== | ||
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* Set a static IP address for each node in the router. | * Set a static IP address for each node in the router. | ||
* Configure port forwarding in the router for each node. | * Configure port forwarding in the router for each node. | ||
- | * Stop the core, then change the json settings on each node to disable uPnP | + | * Stop the core, then change the json settings on each node to disable uPnP AND add the listenPort. |
* Start the core on each node. | * Start the core on each node. | ||
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5) Start the core on each node: | 5) Start the core on each node: | ||
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=====Third Party Guides===== | =====Third Party Guides===== | ||