[question] Possible to connect to a node without funding a channel?

[Cannon-Ciota]

To onboard merchants to the lightning network it would be nice to be able to open an inbound channel to them, or to users who I am needing to pay. Though with mobile devices such as phones they do not have a static ip address they would have to first connect to my lightning node. Is this possible to

1. Eclair mobile to CONNECT (not fund a channel) to my lightning node?
2. Once I see the connection on my end I verify their public key, then I FUND CHANNEL to them.
3. They can now receive on lightning.

Does Eclair mobile have the option to connect to a node without opening a channel? Opening a channel to mine first is not an option because not all lightning nodes support multiple channels per peer.

[dpad85]

The app does not let you only connect to a node. You can only create a channel. That could be a useful feature.