I would like to run an IPFS node on the public network, but I am behind a corporate firewall which is preventing my node from connecting to any peers. I have tried changing the default port from 4001 to another port, but it doesn’t make any difference. It could be that the IP addresses in the boot…

Update bootstrap list to run node behind corporate proxy

Akita September 25, 2019, 3:38pm 6

That is right.

If you can tweak (or ask to tweak) the firewall, you can ask to open the relevant ports:

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