# Nodes connected to each other WITHOUT allstar "server'? **URL:** \ **Category:** AllStarLink\ **Created:** [November 20, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-connected-to-each-other-without-allstar-server/15728 "2019-11-20T18:38:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![K4SAT](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/k4sat/32/953_2.png) [@K4SAT](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/K4SAT)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-connected-to-each-other-without-allstar-server/15728/4 "2019-12-27T21:46:38Z")
**Can this be done with a pair of RTCM’s? Could I have just that hardware with no other “computer” involved. Just plug into a router at one location and another and use the internet?** [quote=“Marshall\_Oldham, post:2, topic:15728, full:true”] Don, Connecting two nodes together on a private network is actually pretty easy. What you will need to do is add the node and IP address of the other node(s) to each servers rpt.conf in the [nodes] stanza. Here’s an example with two nodes on a private network. Server A’ s IP is 192.168.1.10 and B is 192.168.1.11. SERVER A rpt.conf [nodes] 1000 = [radio@127.0.0.1](mailto:radio@127.0.0.1)/1000,NONE ; Local node 1001 = [radio@192.168.1.11](mailto:radio@192.168.1.11)/1001,NONE ; Remote node SERVER B rpt.conf [nodes] 1001 = [radio@127.0.0.1](mailto:radio@127.0.0.1)/1001,NONE ; Local node 1000 = [radio@192.168.1.10](mailto:radio@192.168.1.10)/1000,NONE ; Remote node Of course you need to have all the normal stuff that nodes have in rpt.conf and extensions.conf. Private nodes do not need a register line in iax.conf. 73 Marshall - ke6pcv > **···** > > **From:** Don Ritchie via AllStarLink Discussion Groups [[mailto:noreply@community.allstarlink.org](mailto:noreply@community.allstarlink.org)] > **Sent:** Wednesday, November 20, 2019 10:49 AM > **To:** [ke6pcv@cal-net.org](mailto:ke6pcv@cal-net.org) > **Subject:** [AllStarLink Discussion Groups] Nodes connected to each other WITHOUT allstar "server’? > > ![](https://community.allstarlink.org/uploads/default/original/1X/1e2f9c47fc5f901c6661d1b66609070995987a41.png) > > [**k8zgw**](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/k8zgw) > November 20 > > The way I understand it … > when any node connects to another it is “through” an allstar server. > As I\m not 100% sure about this, can someone please explain. > Is ALL the traffic handled by a server, or does the server just > tell the nodes how to find each other (DNS) ? > IF all the traffic goes through the server ( another Asterisk in the “sky”), > how can I connect two nodes to each other without an Allstar server. > ie, “order wire” for (interoffice communication) . > Direct IP to IP address ?? > > Thanks > Don, K8ZGW > > * * * > > [**Visit Topic**](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-connected-to-each-other-without-allstar-server/15728/1) or reply to this email to respond. > > You are receiving this because you enabled mailing list mode. > > To unsubscribe from these emails, [**click here**](https://community.allstarlink.org/email/unsubscribe/953e920addb76925a10290f5ae31b63558bc76645db5c6d588e179af157bafc7). [/quote] --- _[View the full topic](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-connected-to-each-other-without-allstar-server/15728)._