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# Welcome to AVADO

Your AVADO comes with pre-configured hardware and software to help you get started with Web3 staking quickly.

## Overview of Options

Below is an overview of the different options and required steps.

* Everybody starts by connecting to [**AVADO Wi-Fi**](/your-avado/connecting-to-your-avado/quick-access-via-avado-wi-fi.md) for initial access.
* Next, we highly recommend that you install [**Remote Connect + Zerotier**](/your-avado/connecting-to-your-avado/set-up-remote-connect-+-zerotier.md)**.** This gives you convenient and secure access, both at home and from a remote location.
* Take a quick tour of the [**AVADO Admin**](/your-avado/finding-your-way-around.md), the web page at <http://my.ava.do> where you manage your AVADO. Its **Home** page tells you at a glance whether your AVADO is healthy, and what to fix if it isn't.
* [**Ethereum**](/staking-ethereum/eth-staking-overview.md) Stakers can start with **Solo Staking** with 32 ETH. The **Staking setup** page in the AVADO Admin guides you through the steps.
  * **Rocketpool Staking:** Rocket Pool no longer accepts new 8 or 16 ETH minipools (it moved to "megapools" in December 2025), and the AVADO Rocket Pool package has not been updated for this yet. The Rocketpool pages remain for existing node operators.
  * **Stader Staking** is being phased out: you can no longer start new Stader validators. See [Stader (4 ETH)](/staking-ethereum/stader-4-eth.md) if you need to exit.
* There are other staking opportunities on your AVADO:
  1. **Gnosis** Staking
  2. **Avalanche** Staking
  3. **Qtum** Staking
  4. **Near** Staking (only for AVADO Cloud Users)

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Our Documentation provides detailed instructions on each of these steps. Please feel free to jump ahead to the relevant sections to help you install, configure, and run your staking packages.

We also recommend installing [**monitoring**](/your-avado/finding-your-way-around/monitoring-with-grafana.md) (Grafana). It gives you dashboards and lets your AVADO warn you about missed attestations.

If you encounter any problem, open **Help** in the AVADO Admin, consult the [Quick Help](/quick-help/frequently-asked-questions.md) section, or reach out in our [Discord](/your-avado/avado-support-community.md) channel for support. For faster, dedicated help from the AVADO team, subscribe to [**Priority Support**](/your-avado/avado-support-community/priority-support.md).

Before you get ready to install your favourite package(s), we recommend that you take a few minutes to read through the following guidelines.

* [Protecting your Hardware](/your-avado/readme/protect-your-avado.md)
* [Claiming an NFT for Warranty & Support](/your-avado/readme/the-avado-nft.md)