# N2n node only passing payload?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/n2n-node-only-passing-payload/93267
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**Created:** [19 November 2024 17:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/n2n-node-only-passing-payload/93267 "2024-11-19T17:28:00Z")
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### Author:  [@jmorris644](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmorris644)
#### Post date: [19 November 2024 17:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/n2n-node-only-passing-payload/93267/1 "2024-11-19T17:28:00Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [19 November 2024 22:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/n2n-node-only-passing-payload/93267/2 "2024-11-19T22:12:20Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@jmorris644](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmorris644)
#### Post date: [26 November 2024 18:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/n2n-node-only-passing-payload/93267/3 "2024-11-26T18:49:47Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [27 November 2024 11:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/n2n-node-only-passing-payload/93267/4 "2024-11-27T11:22:38Z")
The hostip is set from the incoming packet remote.address - eg - [UDP/datagram sockets | Node.js v23.3.0 Documentation](https://nodejs.org/api/dgram.html#event-message) so is what the socket sees. If you want to pass anything else you would need to add it to the payload I guess.
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### Author:  [@jmorris644](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jmorris644)
#### Post date: [27 November 2024 13:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/n2n-node-only-passing-payload/93267/5 "2024-11-27T13:21:09Z")
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).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [25 February 2025 13:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/n2n-node-only-passing-payload/93267/6 "2025-02-25T13:22:04Z")
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