# Remote edge router configuration file changes **URL:** \ **Category:** Building/Development\ **Created:** [July 28, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/remote-edge-router-configuration-file-changes/682 "2022-07-28T07:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![markamind](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/markamind/32/157_2.png) [@markamind](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/markamind)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/remote-edge-router-configuration-file-changes/682/2 "2022-07-28T07:29:34Z")
> [@Simple Multi-cloud deployment - Routers Configuration](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/simple-multi-cloud-deployment-routers-configuration/680/2): > > Close, but backwards slight_smile Links are what connect routers to each other. So a router with link.listeners can receive connections from other routers to form the mesh. Routers that have link.dialers configured will try to make connections with routers that have a link.listeners configured. A router can have both dialers and listeners configured. Every router, fabric or edge, should generally participate in the mesh, so usually every router will have either link.dialers and/or link.list… I found the following comments which help answer some of my questions.. > [@Simple Multi-cloud deployment - Routers Configuration](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/simple-multi-cloud-deployment-routers-configuration/680/2): > > Links are what connect routers to each other. So a router with link.listeners can receive connections from other routers to form the mesh. Routers that have link.dialers configured will try to make connections with routers that have a link.listeners configured. A router can have both dialers and listeners configured --- _[View the full topic](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/remote-edge-router-configuration-file-changes/682)._