Good news - some struggle over. I just built two fresh ASL nodes, updated, upgraded - private for now.  

Now I want one of my working ASL/public nodes to also be accessible as a private node.

I assume for both the existing public node and new separate private node all I need to do is...

In /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf on the existing node, add lines:

[nodes]

; 1085 is the new/added private node number for existing public node
1085 = radio@127.0.0.1/1085,NONE,y
; 1002 is the new private node
1002 = radio@192.168.10.96/1002,NONE,y


In /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf on the new private node (same network), add lines:

[nodes]

; 1085 is the new/added private node number for existing public node on same LAN
1085 = radio@192.168.10.76/1085,NONE,y

; 1002 is this new private node  192.168.10.96 on LAN)
1002 = radio@127.0.0.1/1002,NONE,y


What if any additional context/extension or other parameters need to be setup in which file??

What else do the nodes need to know about each other to communicate and establish connection?

What am I missing?

I should be able to issue a connect from 1002 to 1085, and vice versa - yes?