<p>To construct a node run "<cite>tahoe create-client</cite>", which will
create <cite>~/.tahoe</cite> to be the node's base directory. Acquire a copy
of the <cite>introducer.furl</cite> from the introducer and put it into this
- directory, then run "<cite>tahoe start</cite>". After that, the node should be
- off and running. The first thing it will do is connect to the introducer and
- get itself connected to all other nodes on the grid.</p>
+ directory, then run "<cite>tahoe start</cite>". After that, the node should
+ be off and running. The first thing it will do is connect to the introducer
+ and get itself connected to all other nodes on the grid. By default, a node
+ serves as both a Storage Server (meaning that it offers some of its disk
+ space to other nodes) and as a Gateway (meaning that it listens for HTTP
+ requests on port 8123). To configure other behavior,
+ see <a href="configuration.txt">configuration.txt</a>.</p>
<p>To stop a running node run "<cite>tahoe stop</cite>".</p>