# Node working for a few months but went offline two days ago

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/node-working-for-a-few-months-but-went-offline-two-days-ago/14746>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** windows-gui, windows, offline, external-address\
**Created:** [July 28, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/node-working-for-a-few-months-but-went-offline-two-days-ago/14746 "2021-07-28T22:50:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/node-working-for-a-few-months-but-went-offline-two-days-ago/14746/3 "2021-07-29T06:03:53Z")

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Hello @tkctkc ,  
Welcome to the forum!

You can use this guide to check your logs: [How do I check my logs? - Storj Docs](https://docs.storj.io/node/resources/faq/check-logs)

Please, check everything from this check list too:

> [@Node offline after latest Windows update](https://forum.storj.io/t/topic/8266/4):
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> Please, show result of the PowerShell command: get-service storagenode | select -Property RequiredServices I recommend to setup the dependency and delayed auto start for the storagenode service (from elevated PowerShell or cmd.exe): sc.exe config storagenode depend= dnscache start= delayed-auto

> [@Performing bandwidth usage rollups](https://forum.storj.io/t/topic/7854/17):
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> Then lets check everything together: ok, let check it together. WAN IP on the main page of the router. Please, compare it with IP there: [https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/](https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/) , they should match Local IP in the port forwarding rule, it should be the same as IP of your PC with storagenode nslookup your.ddns.address 8.8.8.8 should return the same IP as p.1 If you do not have a DDNS hostname, it’s time to create it: [Step 3. Setup Port Forwarding - Storj Node Operator Docs](https://documentation.storj.io/dependencies/port-forwarding) Firewall. …

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