From b46edd2ba09063e46680534901208482d4fda8ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Shyba <victor.shyba@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:55:34 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] add section to check the node

---
 documents/resources/dht-bootstrap.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documents/resources/dht-bootstrap.md b/documents/resources/dht-bootstrap.md
index f771856..4b7afad 100644
--- a/documents/resources/dht-bootstrap.md
+++ b/documents/resources/dht-bootstrap.md
@@ -30,3 +30,10 @@ After installing, just:
 ```bash
 python scripts/dht_node.py
 ```
+
+### Checking if it is working
+From another machine with the SDK installed, run:
+```bash
+python scripts/dht_node.py --bootstrap_node your-server-domain-here.com:4444
+```
+After 10-20 seconds, you should see more than 0 peers on the log messages. If that is not the case, check firewall on the bootstrap node and see if it is reachable.