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Yes. All ROS nodes support ROS_MASTER_URI.

ROS nodes run on whichever machine you run them on (whereever you type rosrun or roslaunch). ROS will not move processes from one machine to another for you; you have to start them where you want them.

Have a look at http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials/MultipleMachines for more information.

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