N2n node only passing payload?

[jmorris644]

I am trying to use the n2n node that @dceejay created quite a few years ago. But it seems that the n2n input node only outputs payload. Here are some code examples:

Input to n2n output node:

but the output from a n2n input node is:

Notice it only outputs the payload entry of the object?

Is there a way to get the whole object?

[dceejay]

No. The whole idea of the node was to send as little data as possible between nodes only when needed. It uses udp so everything has to fit in a single data packet.
Of course you can use a function node in front to generate a payload that contains the original payload plus other properties as you wish.

[jmorris644]

Is there a way to set hostip from the sending node-red instance? I have tried a few things and nothing works.

The reason being, if the node-red instance is on a VLAN, then an incorrect hostip is retrieved.

[dceejay]

The hostip is set from the incoming packet remote.address - eg - UDP/datagram sockets | Node.js v23.3.0 Documentation so is what the socket sees. If you want to pass anything else you would need to add it to the payload I guess.

[jmorris644]

Understood. Interesting though, I am getting 169.x.x.x ip address when coming from a server that has a VLAN address. (i.e. adapter.30).