# Connect Node

## **Node Connection**

The method to connect through the locally installed `gwemix` RPC web server is as follows.

```
gwemix attach rpc:http://localhost:8588
```

The method to connect through the locally installed `gwemix` IPC file is as follows.

```
gwemix attach {data_folder}/gwemix.ipc
```

Downloading and unzipping the binary {data\_folder}, the shell script file called `gwemix.sh` is located under the bin directory. The method to connect to a node through an IPC file using `gwemix.sh` is as follows.

```
{data_folder}/bin/gwemix.sh console
```

## **Node Settings**

When using `gwemix.sh`, it is possible to set node execution options in advance by creating a file called `.rc` in {data\_folder}.

```
PORT=8588
DISCOVER=1        # 1 for enable discovery mode, 0 for disable discovery mode
TESTNET=1         # 1 for Testnet or remove this line for Mainnet
SYNC_MODE=full
GWEMIX_OPTS="--rpc.allow-unprotected-txs"
```

Set up as above and run `gwemix`, `gwemix`will run with the following run line options.

```
gwemix --http.port 8588 --wemix-testnet --syncmode full --rpc.allow-unprotected-txs 
```