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PetrosM
PetrosM

Reputation: 251

Mist wallet change from private-net to test-net

I downloaded the mist wallet for ethereum and when i open up the program it sometimes connects me automatically to the private-net instead of the test-net. In this case i don't know how to change back the mist wallet to connect to the test-net. When i am in the private-net if i go to the tab develop>network the choices of main network, testnet (morden) are grey and i can't press them. same goes for the Geth and Eth option under tab develop>ethereum node. i tried pressing ctrl+shift+2 but nothing happens. Anyone knows how to change to the testnet instead of privatenet? thanks in advance

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1108

Answers (1)

q9f
q9f

Reputation: 11824

The Mist interface is confusing sometimes and it does not allow you to switch the network of a running node.

But you can get back control if you run your geth node before you run Mist.

For private network: geth --dev

For public testnet: geth --testnet

Mist will automatically detect the running geth instance and connect to the geth.ipc socket. Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 0

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