# Configuring an Outernet Receiver into YAAC

The Outernet satellite service supports relaying specifically addressed APRS packets from the APRS-IS network to all Outernet satellite receivers. Any packets “digipeated” through the OUTNET alias will be automatically relayed to Outernet, and subsequently forwarded. This YAAC port type supports polling the APRS download files on an Outernet receiver.

To connect to the Outernet receiver, click the Add button on the Ports tab of the expert-mode configuration dialog. The port editing dialog will appear. Set the port type to OUTERNET.

The parameters you will need to specify are:

- The IP address on your local network for the Outernet receiver (typically something like 192.168.0.100, where the last number is specific to your network setup).
- The webserver port number for the Outernet receiver's built-in webserver. The default value should be appropriate unless you have a non-standard local network configuration.
- Whether to use the files on the Outernet receiver, or to test the port driver by connecting to Outernet's data collection point on the FindU.com website on the Internet. Normally, you wouldn't check this, as an isolated LAN with an Outernet receiver would not have connectivity to the Internet to reach FindU.com.

Once the port is open, the APRS messages will be received in batches, with a delay of up to an hour or so before they arrive at your Outernet receiver. As such, the timestamps of the APRS packets from any given batch will be identical (except for packets using embedded timestamps, such as timestamped position report messages).