How do I connect to a private network from ethereum wallet?

Question

How do I connect to a private network from ethereum wallet? I was able to create a private network from geth command line using custom genesis file but now wanted my ethereum wallet to point to custom genesis file of the private network.Currently I am able to point my etherem wallet to either the mainnet or testnet but not private network.

I did find the following instructions on github mist browser Readme file but haven't been able to make much progress

To run a privatenet you need to have geth installed separately and run it with the ipcpath flag: $ geth --networkid 1234 --ipcpath /Users/you/Library/Ethereum/geth.ipc --datadir ...

Answer 1

You need to download geth and Ethereum mist wallet , and install them.

Then go to the folder where you want to start the blockchain and follow these steps:

1. Start command prompt here

   • $ mkdir chaindata
   • $ geth --datadir=./chaindata init genesis.json
   • $ geth --datadir=./chaindata --fast --cache=1024

2. Start another command prompt here

   • $ geth attach

3. Start Ethereum Wallet. Make sure it opens in private network

4. for Mining

   • $ miner.start(3);
   • $ miner.stop();

You can get a video tutorial for the same here.

Hope it helps you!

Answer 2

1. Ensure your Ethereum Wallet is closing.

2. On your terminal.

   $ geth --networkid "1234" --datadir "/some/other/path" --ipcpath "/Users/<username>/Library/Ethereum/geth.ipc" console

3. Reopen your Ethereum Wallet.

See: Ethereum Wallet – Developer Preview

If your want to reconnect to mainnet or testnet. Just type this "$ geth console" in your terminal.