/** @return the configuration node used to create this object */
  public HierarchicalConfiguration getConfig() {
    final HierarchicalConfiguration config = new HierarchicalConfiguration();
    Node node = new Node("grSimNetwork");
    node.addAttribute(new Node("id", key));
    config.setRoot(node);
    config.addProperty("ip", ip);
    config.addProperty("port", port);
    config.addProperty("teamYellow", teamYellow);

    return config;
  }