Once a Node is up and running, it is capable of listening and dialing with other peers in the Zero Grid. Listening enables the Node to establish a connection for incoming traffic, whereas dialing establishes an outgoing connection, over the specified Transport layer. A Node's Transport connection is set as WebRTC by default, however is capable of supporting TCP, UDP, Websockets and other custom network protocols. Standardization on WebRTC ensures both browser-based applications and platform binaries (such as desktop or Electron apps) can easily exchange network data with one another.