# Node-Red connection issues

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-connection-issues/10450>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [23 April 2019 09:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-connection-issues/10450 "2019-04-23T09:53:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2019 10:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-connection-issues/10450/3 "2019-04-23T10:17:52Z")

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Show us the settings for the mqtt config node. The easiest way may be to select the node, Export it to the clipboard and paste it here. See this post for how to do that.

> [@How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506):
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> To share code samples or flow json in this forum, you need to take care to format it properly so that it is displayed correctly. The easiest way to do that is to click the 'Preformatted Text' button in the toolbar: [image] Then paste in your code or flow json. You should end up with three back-tick characters - ``` - on their own line before and after the code. On standard US English keyboards, this is on the same key as the ~ character. Using the backticks will ens…

**[Edit]** I see you have posted the flow to an external site. For future reference it is easier to post it here. As zenofmud has pointed out, you have specified 192.168.1.1 as the MQTT server. Are you running and MQTT server there?

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