This is an advanced feature that few users should need. Keep in mind that it is possible (if you are not careful) to assign settings to a remote node that cause it to completely drop off of your mesh. We advise network admins have a test node to test settings with before applying changes to a remote node to prevent this.
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This feature allows you to remotely administer Meshtastic nodes through the mesh.
## Prerequisites
For any node that you want to administer, you must:
1. Configure a channel with the channel name of `admin`.
2. Set the PSK for the `admin` channel with the same key you wish to administer other all other nodes of the mesh with.
By default, nodes will **only** respond to administrative commands via the local USB/Bluetooth/TCP interface. This provides basic security to prevent unauthorized access and is how normal administration and settings changes work. The only difference for the remote case is that we are sending those commands over the mesh.
Notice that now we have a new secondary channel and the `--info` option prints out TWO URLs. The `Complete URL` includes all of the channels this node understands. The URL contains the preshared keys and should be treated with caution and kept a secret. When deploying remote administration, you only need the node you want to administer and the node you are locally connected to, to know this new "admin" channel. All of the other nodes will forward the packets as long as they are a member of the primary channel.
Creating an "admin" channel automatically generates a preshared key. In order to administer other nodes remotely, we need to copy the preshared key to the new nodes.
Note: you can change **any** parameter, add channels or get settings from the remote node. Here's an example of setting ls_secs using the `--set` command and printing the position settings from the remote node using the `--get` command:
You've finished setting up and adding two devices to the admin channel. Remember, because this is a mesh network, it doesn't matter which node you are at; you could administer your first device we set up from the second one we added to the channel. And the settings and examples on this page are just a taste of the other settings you can set.
For further reading, I recommend starting out with the [Meshtastic Python CLI Guide](/docs/software/python/cli/) if you haven't already gone through this (hopefully you have since you are reading this). But for a full reference to the settings you can change, please see: