# 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="/pages/C1WMe4YTDXLhDTzC8i48" %}
[Finding Your Enode Address & Peer ID](/polygon-fastlane/getting-started-as-a-validator/connecting-to-a-fastlane-sentry-node/finding-your-enode-address-and-peer-id.md)
{% 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="/pages/2zN5qQT4yyFDjhx7IxpT" %}
[Adding FastLane as a Static Peer](/polygon-fastlane/getting-started-as-a-validator/connecting-to-a-fastlane-sentry-node/adding-fastlane-as-a-static-peer.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

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