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Thank you...I will check to see what nodes are default by the wallet because there is no conf. file. . And that is wallet 1.7.1.2

You can add a sterlingcoin.conf file to the data directory. You can add connects and addnodes to that file.
These nodes are permanent infrastructure nodes:
45.32.178.232 (London)
108.61.191.233 (New York)
108.61.216.195 (Los Angeles)
These core infrastructure nodes are in global high availability data centers.
A sterlingcoin.conf file could look as such:
rpcuser=hiddenuser
rpcpassword=hardpassword
server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
addnode=45.32.178.232
addnode=108.61.191.233
addnode=108.61.216.195
I hope this information is found helpful!