# Connecting to a FastLane Sentry Node

During the onboarding process, a FastLane representative will provide the validator team with:

1. enode address
2. peer ID

of the closest **FastLane Sentry node** to the Validator node to ensure the fastest and most stable connection.

The validator team must also share the:

1. enode address
2. peer ID

 of the **Validator node** so that the FastLane Sentry can list it as a "static peer."

*See our page below for more information on how to find your enode and peer id:*

{% content-ref url="connecting-to-a-fastlane-sentry-node/finding-your-enode-address-and-peer-id" %}
[finding-your-enode-address-and-peer-id](https://fastlane-labs.gitbook.io/polygon-fastlane/getting-started-as-a-validator/connecting-to-a-fastlane-sentry-node/finding-your-enode-address-and-peer-id)
{% endcontent-ref %}

Finally, the validator node must label the FastLane Sentry as a "static peer."

*See our page below for more information on how to label the FastLane Sentry node as a static peer:* 

{% content-ref url="connecting-to-a-fastlane-sentry-node/adding-fastlane-as-a-static-peer" %}
[adding-fastlane-as-a-static-peer](https://fastlane-labs.gitbook.io/polygon-fastlane/getting-started-as-a-validator/connecting-to-a-fastlane-sentry-node/adding-fastlane-as-a-static-peer)
{% endcontent-ref %}

[<- Back to "Getting Started as a Validator"](https://fastlane-labs.gitbook.io/polygon-fastlane/getting-started-as-a-validator/getting-started-as-a-validator)