Can i connect to a node which does not have a PUBLIC IP?

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#1

I have set up two ipfs node in two different machines, none of them have PUBLIC IP. Now when i try to connect node with this command
ipfs swarm connect /ip4/192.168.101.28/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWGkCcZDwMEeyVgoe5P2Kqh6ffvcitZZBLeBu8tJKyXy9S

i am getting the following error response

`Error: connect 12D3KooWGkCcZDwMEeyVgoe5P2Kqh6ffvcitZZBLeBu8tJKyXy9S failure: failed to dial 12D3KooWGkCcZDwMEeyVgoe5P2Kqh6ffvcitZZBLeBu8tJKyXy9S: all dials failed

  • [/ip4/192.168.103.103/tcp/49192] dial tcp4 0.0.0.0:4001->192.168.103.103:49192: i/o timeout
  • [/ip4/192.168.101.28/tcp/36963] dial tcp4 0.0.0.0:4001->192.168.101.28:36963: i/o timeout
    `
    I tried this from both node to connect to another, but none is successful. Is this happening because the machines do not have PUBLIC IP?
    If no then how do i solve this problem?
#2

Are both machines on the same LAN?

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#3

try
ipfs swarm connect /p2p/12D3KooWGkCcZDwMEeyVgoe5P2Kqh6ffvcitZZBLeBu8tJKyXy9S

#4

@solanav No, they aren’t
@FledgeXu Still not working, this time getting error failure: routing: not found

#5

Are you sure the Node ID is right? (run ipfs id to get node id)

#6

Yes i am sure.
As i have mentioned my IP is not public. With this private IP, am i even reachable(specially in certain port) to everyone in the internet? If no then i guess none can connect to my node with ipfs swarm connect PERR_ID right?

#7

ipfs swarm connect /p2p/PERR_ID should be OK.