I have two nodes running here at my house, one is 2360, IP 65.68.232.25, one is an unlisted one, so to speak (1998) on 192.168.0.132 This gets complicated. 65.68.232.25 nats thru the router to 192.168.1.111, the box REAL address. I need to make a connection from 1998 on an inside address to 2360, but the directory address is 65.68.232.25. The inside addresses cannot see that address. Something with the router...and no one has been able to figure it out...it just is that way. However, I put a line in rpt,conf with this line: 2360 = radio@192.168.1.111/2360,NONE, this under [nodes] But when I go to connect from 1998 to 2360 it still won't, leading me to think that app_rpt, etc forst looks at the downloaded list and then at [nodes]. Is this correct? If so I'll just have to live with it. But if there is a way to make it look at [nodes] first, then the downloaded directory...etc. Kinda like hosts, bind in /etc/host.conf Any thoughts on this? Thanks everyone. GeorgeC Node 2360/2428 George J Csahanin W2DB Cedar Park, TX