diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b43ea141..cec5d8dbf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Runtime configuration files for the daemon can be found in
 
 #### Leader daemon
 ```bash
-$ sudo snap set solana mode=leader
+$ sudo snap set solana mode=leader public-ip=$(curl -s http://ifconfig.co)
 ```
 
 If CUDA is available:
@@ -189,19 +189,21 @@ read only = true
 ```
 3. Run `sudo systemctl enable rsync; sudo systemctl start rsync`
 4. Test by running `rsync -Pzravv rsync://<ip-address-of-leader>/config
-solana-config` from another machine.  If the leader is running on a cloud
+solana-config` from another machine.  **If the leader is running on a cloud
 provider it may be necessary to configure the Firewall rules to permit ingress
-to port tcp:873, tcp:9900 and the port range udp:8000-udp:10000
+to port tcp:873, tcp:9900 and the port range udp:8000-udp:10000**
 
 
 To run both the Leader and Drone:
 ```bash
-$ sudo snap set solana mode=leader+drone
+$ sudo snap set solana mode=leader+drone public-ip=$(curl -s http://ifconfig.co)
+
 ```
 
 #### Validator daemon
 ```bash
-$ sudo snap set solana mode=validator
+$ sudo snap set solana mode=validator public-ip=$(curl -s http://ifconfig.co)
+
 ```
 If CUDA is available:
 ```bash
diff --git a/multinode-demo/setup.sh b/multinode-demo/setup.sh
index d38ba69f8..33b52fbd1 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/setup.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/setup.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,54 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-num_tokens=${1:-1000000000}
+num_tokens=1000000000
+public_ip=
 
 here=$(dirname "$0")
 # shellcheck source=multinode-demo/common.sh
 source "$here"/common.sh
 
+usage () {
+  cat <<EOF
+usage: $0 [-n num_tokens] [-P] [-p public_ip_address]
+
+Creates a fullnode configuration
+
+ -n num_tokens         - Number of tokens to create
+ -p public_ip_address  - Public IP address to advertise
+                         (default uses the system IP address, which may be
+                          on a private network)
+ -P                    - Autodetect the public IP address of the machine
+EOF
+}
+
+while getopts "h?n:p:P" opt; do
+  case $opt in
+  h|\?)
+    usage
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  p)
+    public_ip="$OPTARG"
+    ;;
+  n)
+    num_tokens="$OPTARG"
+    ;;
+  P)
+    public_ip="$(curl -s ifconfig.co)"
+    echo "Public IP autodetected as $public_ip"
+    ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+
+if [[ -n "$public_ip" ]]; then
+  leader_address_args=(-b "$public_ip":8000)
+  validator_address_args=(-b "$public_ip":9000)
+else
+  leader_address_args=(-d)
+  validator_address_args=(-d -b 9000)
+fi
+
 set -e
 
 echo "Cleaning $SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"
@@ -19,9 +62,9 @@ echo "Creating $SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR/genesis.log"
 $solana_genesis < "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/mint.json > "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/genesis.log
 
 echo "Creating $SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR/leader.json"
-$solana_fullnode_config -d > "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/leader.json
+$solana_fullnode_config "${leader_address_args[@]}" > "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/leader.json
 
 echo "Creating $SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR/validator.json"
-$solana_fullnode_config -d -b 9000 > "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/validator.json
+$solana_fullnode_config "${validator_address_args[@]}" > "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/validator.json
 
 ls -lh "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR/"
diff --git a/snap/hooks/configure b/snap/hooks/configure
index fce0df829..bfcd8309d 100755
--- a/snap/hooks/configure
+++ b/snap/hooks/configure
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ if [[ -z "$mode" ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-$SNAP/bin/setup.sh "$(snapctl get num-tokens)"
+public_ip="$(snapctl get public-ip)"
+$SNAP/bin/setup.sh -n "$(snapctl get num-tokens)" -p ${public_ip:+-p $public_ip}
 
 case $mode in
 leader+drone)