Yes all nodes on the same computer use the same port From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Neal Garbenis Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 10:42 PM To: Ken Cc: <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] cant connect two nodes together on the same server I thought since both nodes were on the same computer/ server they used the same port. I don't see how the nodes can have different ports But I finally got them to connect by specifying the port In the node stanza [nodes] 27726 =radio@127.0.0.1:4575/27726,NONE <mailto:radio@127.0.0.1/27726,NONE> 27974 =radio@127.0.0.1:4575/27974,NONE <mailto:radio@127.0.0.1/27974,NONE> Thanks for the help and ideas Ken Neal Garbenis Jr. NG8Y On Jan 2, 2012, at 10:12 PM, "Ken" <ke2n@cs.com> wrote: [nodes] 27726 = radio@127.0.0.1/27726,NONE 27974 = radio@127.0.0.1/27974,NONE