The assumption is that you already have a Skywire node setup and have access to your Skywire manager. It is important to note that, Internet Explorer, Edge and Brave Browser are not recommended for using the Skywire web interface. If you are still having issues with your Skywire Manager this may be because you run a lot of addons on your web browser. Addons including “No Script” or some more potent privacy addon’s (You should always run privacy addons) may interfere with the manager. It’s best to try and use a web browser with no or few addons if you’re having problems using the Skywire Manager.

Fig 1 (“Skywire Login screen”)

Once logged into the manager, pick a node and click on it to open up the settings interface. There is a lot of side things on this window that are useful to take note of. You can access the terminal for your nodes through the interface here, to run software updates or check IP address, as well as rebooting your node. Back on topic, the setting that we want is called “Connect to Node” and looks like a gray GPS arrow.

Fig 2 (“The Connect to Node button”)

Once clicked, it opens up a pop-up window with two options, “Search services”, or “Enter the key for node an app”.

- The Enter the key for node an app option is what you will connect to if someone is offering for you to use their node. For example, if I lived in the USA and I wanted to watch Netflix with someone using my node, the information I give them would be for this option.

- The Search Services option is the one that we will be using today. This allows us to pick where in the world we want to connect to. Go ahead and click on the Search Services Option.