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Guides/How_to_setup_an_Exit_Node_for_normies.md

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 ## How To Setup A Lokinet Exit Node for "Normies" aka newbies aka non-developers.
 
-_by: yidakee (aka @ super_duderino)_
+_by: yidakee (aka @`super_duderino`)_
 
-if you appreciate this tutorial and you'd like to buy me a beer, feel free to send some loki love
-over to my wallet `L58ck1CcByFHaQu18c4YQg6UkH1vTX1SBKYL6ecRxY87if4iNKcBAH55GS9ahVt6hS6oLP7LC5TA1Lmdb8B8o5MuSyohRJ4`
+if you appreciate this tutorial and would like to buy me a beer, feel free to send some loki love
+over to `L58ck1CcByFHaQu18c4YQg6UkH1vTX1SBKYL6ecRxY87if4iNKcBAH55GS9ahVt6hS6oLP7LC5TA1Lmdb8B8o5MuSyohRJ4`
 
-A Lokinet Exit Node is a next-generation onion routing service that works like a VPN.
+#A Lokinet Exit Node is a next-generation onion routing service that works like a VPN.
 
 It is similar to TOR or I2P, though a heck of a lot better.
 You will be able to surf Lokinet as well as regular 'ol clearnet (the "real" main internet everyone uses) with complete state-of-the-art privacy and anonymity.
@@ -107,24 +107,26 @@ sudo apt update
 sudo apt install lokinet
 ````
 
-Congrats! Lokinet is now running in the background, but we're not done just yet. Lokinet is running
-and you can find your Lokinet address, but it will not be persistant in case of a Lokinet restart or server reboot. So let's go ahead and create a persistant Lokinet address.
+#Congrats!
 
-Lets edit the file `lokinet.ini` and add an entry.
+Lokinet is now running in the background, but we're not done just yet. Lokinet is running
+and you can already find your Lokinet address, but it will not be persistant in case of a service restart or server reboot. So let's go ahead and create a persistant Lokinet address.
+
+Let's edit the file `lokinet.ini` and add an entry.
 
 ````bash
 sudo nano /etc/loki/lokinet.ini
 ````
 
-Copy the following and add to the [network] section
+Copy the following and add to the `[network] section
 
 ````bash
-keyfile=/var/lib/lokinet/snappkey.private
+keyfile=/var/lib/lokinet/exit.private
 ````
 
-To save, press `CTRL+x`and confirm with `Y`and press `Enter`
+To save, press `CTRL+x`and confirm with `Y` and press `Enter`
 
-Now, we can restart Lokinet, and it will create a persitant Lokinet addressed
+Now, we can restart Lokinet, and it will create a persitant Lokinet address
 
 ````bash
 sudo systemctl restart lokinet
@@ -135,3 +137,48 @@ You can check your Lokinet address by issuing this commands
 ````bash
 dig @127.3.2.1 -t cname +short localhost.loki
 ````
+
+# Final steps - Enable Exit Node functionality
+
+We're almost there!
+
+To enable Exit Node functionality, we need to go back and edit a few entries in `lokinet.ini` again.
+
+````bash
+sudo nano /etc/loki/lokinet.ini
+````
+
+If some settings are commented out, enable them by removing the `#`symbol at the beggining of the line`.
+Carefully check and modify to these settings
+
+````bash
+[router]
+min-connections=8
+max-connections=16
+
+[network]
+exit=true
+keyfile=/var/lib/lokinet/exit.private
+reachable=1
+ifaddr=172.16.0.1/16
+hops=1
+paths=8
+````
+
+To save, press `CTRL+x`and confirm with `Y` and press `Enter`
+
+Finally, we need to create some `iptable` rules
+
+Let's edit the file `/etc/rc.local` and add some stuff
+
+````bash
+sudo nano /etc/rc.local
+````
+
+Add This
+
+````bash
+#!/bin/sh
+iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 172.16.0.1/16 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
+echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
+````