# Algorand relay node not receiving transactions in Private Network

**URL:** https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-relay-node-not-receiving-transactions-in-private-network/3803
**Category:** General
**Created:** [July 20, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-relay-node-not-receiving-transactions-in-private-network/3803 "2021-07-20T01:40:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![rhern336](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rhern336](https://forum.algorand.co/u/rhern336)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-relay-node-not-receiving-transactions-in-private-network/3803/1 "2021-07-20T01:40:31Z")

</div>

I was playing around with a Private Algorands network and made 3 relays and 4 regular nodes.  
It is working correctly except for one of the relays. When I connect the node to it using the IP: PORT it works ok, blocks are increasing and everything. But when I make a transaction the transaction will stay pending forever, as blocks increases.  
When I switch the node to another relay node and try again it works correctly.

All relays nodes are started with the IP of the other Relay nodes, kind of like a mesh.  
This is my config file.

```json
{
        "Version": 16,
        "GossipFanout": 4,
        "NetAddress": ":4161",
        "EndpointAddress": ":8080",
        "DNSBootstrapID": "",
        "EnableProfiler": true,
        "EnableLedgerService": true,
        "EnableBlockService": true
}

```

Could the fact that when I created the relay, I used fast catchup be affecting it?

Thanks for your time

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![fabrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@fabrice](https://forum.algorand.co/u/fabrice)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-relay-node-not-receiving-transactions-in-private-network/3803/2 "2021-07-20T10:57:53Z")

</div>

I do not know if this is the issue.  
But fast catchup should never be used with archival nodes (and in particular with relay nodes).