# Daedalus Mainnet not connecting **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Technical Support\ **Created:** [2 June 2021 13:17 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795 "2021-06-02T13:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Craig\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/craig_s/32/29005_2.png) [@Craig\_S](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Craig_S)\ **Post date:** [2 June 2021 13:17 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/1 "2021-06-02T13:17:51Z")
Hi, I’m new to this so no idea what I’m doing at the best of times regarding wallets etc. I’m using the 4.05 Mainnet and it’s just hanging on ‘connecting to network’ node is not responding or syncing. Any ideas on how I get it to connect please that doesn’t involve code! I’m running it on a Mac. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![laplasz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/laplasz/32/15238_2.png) [@laplasz](https://forum.cardano.org/u/laplasz)\ **Post date:** [2 June 2021 13:48 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/2 "2021-06-02T13:48:20Z")
Hi! So modifying config files (manually or by a python script) is considered as code modification in your case? > [@Workaround to fix Daedalus "connecting to network" and syncing issue](https://forum.cardano.org/t/workaround-to-fix-daedalus-connecting-to-network-and-syncing-issue/59780): > > Hi! By default Daedalus wallet tries to connect to IOG relay servers - relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Sometimes this connections attempt could take for a while and once it is established the synchronization of the blockchain could be slow as well. So a workaround can be to change the relay server address to any other public relay address available on the decentralized network. Daedalus wallet actually a passive node on the network which can connect to several relay nodes. More info about… ---
**Author:** ![Craig\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/craig_s/32/29005_2.png) [@Craig\_S](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Craig_S)\ **Post date:** [2 June 2021 14:45 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/3 "2021-06-02T14:45:00Z")
Yeah, that last sentence was pretty much hieroglyphics to me. Thanks anyway, I’ll give it a bash. ---
**Author:** ![raph\_cardano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/raph_cardano/32/56254_2.png) [@raph\_cardano](https://forum.cardano.org/u/raph_cardano)\ **Post date:** [2 June 2021 14:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/4 "2021-06-02T14:49:37Z")
@laplasz gave you the best solution. Of course you could just wait but it would defeat the purpose of “getting it to connect”… ---
**Author:** ![Craig\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/craig_s/32/29005_2.png) [@Craig\_S](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Craig_S)\ **Post date:** [2 June 2021 14:51 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/5 "2021-06-02T14:51:44Z")
Yup, think I’ll wait, no idea what I’m doing. ---
**Author:** ![laplasz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/laplasz/32/15238_2.png) [@laplasz](https://forum.cardano.org/u/laplasz)\ **Post date:** [2 June 2021 14:53 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/6 "2021-06-02T14:53:01Z")
it is worth to spend some time with it… at least you can get support here for any steps to complete… ---
**Author:** ![tomdx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/tomdx/32/44498_2.png) [@tomdx](https://forum.cardano.org/u/tomdx)\ **Post date:** [2 June 2021 15:13 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/7 "2021-06-02T15:13:11Z")
Do you have a HW wallet? If not, please consider getting one & [here is why](https://twitter.com/amw7/status/1398687657870258176). If you already have one, you could connect it to [ADALite.io](https://adalite.io/) - no blockchain sync is necessary. You can delegate from ADALite as well. Be careful though, they only offer to delegate to their own pool. I’d naturally recommend an approach where you have a good return for your ADA and at the same time “Make the world work better for all”. ---
**Author:** ![laplasz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/laplasz/32/15238_2.png) [@laplasz](https://forum.cardano.org/u/laplasz)\ **Post date:** [2 June 2021 15:31 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/8 "2021-06-02T15:31:31Z")
Yoroi is also a good choice - here is an overview about it comparing to Daedalus: > **[Daedalus wallet and Yoroi wallet overview](https://iohk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026058573-Daedalus-wallet-and-Yoroi-wallet-overview)** > > Overview > Daedalus Wallet > Daedalus wallet is a desktop, full-node hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallet for ada cryptocurrency, bundled with full Cardano node. It stores the entire history of Carda... ---
**Author:** ![Crypto\_Dryp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/crypto_dryp/32/37205_2.png) [@Crypto\_Dryp](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Crypto_Dryp)\ **Post date:** [7 June 2021 05:45 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/9 "2021-06-07T05:45:41Z")
Same, I’m using daedalus 4.1.0 and it just seems to lose connection at 94.61% then starts syncing again and loses connection and syncs and loses etc. It’s been 4 days… I did all relevant help menu items and still nothing. Except when I reinstalled it, it synced from 0 to 94.61% in 8 hours. But now it’s on the sync and connection loss cycle again. Sent a support ticket finally after navigating all the technical self help routes. ---
**Author:** ![raph\_cardano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/raph_cardano/32/56254_2.png) [@raph\_cardano](https://forum.cardano.org/u/raph_cardano)\ **Post date:** [7 June 2021 12:30 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/10 "2021-06-07T12:30:52Z")
If it’s a connection issue, it’s hardly on Daedalus but more likely on one of the cardano-node instance, more probably the one you connected to. Could be hardware, could be software, but in any case it’s not on the wallet part. And by the way there are at least 8 IPv4 addresses behind the default IOHK node domain name, sometimes one of them does not work as expected, that’s why in some cases a simple restart of the software can resolve the issue, or make it appear to be random. In case you want to verify that, and validate or invalidate this hypothesis, you could temporarily bypass DNS resolution: 1. find `topology.yaml` file on Daedalus directory. 2. make a backup of it, anywhere you want. 3. modify the domain name of IOHK node, i.e. `relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io` and replace it with any of these IP addresses: `18.133.108.207`, `18.159.8.231`, `3.9.116.228`, `18.130.187.168`, `3.13.80.218`, `3.126.150.220`, `3.129.199.184` or `204.236.187.238` 4. if it works better, great you found the issue, if it doesn’t, then you try next IP in line. 5. put your original `topology.yaml` file back and consider adding more (reliable) nodes to your conf. To get IP addresses for `relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io` ```auto $ nslookup relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Server: 127.0.0.53 Address: 127.0.0.53#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Address: 3.129.180.95 Name: relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Address: 3.23.246.240 Name: relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Address: 18.133.43.175 Name: relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Address: 50.18.12.114 Name: relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Address: 18.158.165.66 Name: relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Address: 18.159.90.166 Name: relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Address: 3.13.149.172 Name: relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io Address: 18.132.143.123 ``` And as it has been said previously, if you don’t want to trouble you with a local blockchain instance, you might want to opt for a light wallet instead. ---
**Author:** ![Crypto\_Dryp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/crypto_dryp/32/37205_2.png) [@Crypto\_Dryp](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Crypto_Dryp)\ **Post date:** [7 June 2021 15:02 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/11 "2021-06-07T15:02:27Z")
Nope, no lite wallets. I have too many and I know full node is where its at. I’m gonna learn to do this. It was 3am I had to sleep. But it’s on baby. I’m not going to sit and collect any more dust while technology escapes my comprehension. This was very extensive but am able to understand what you wrote here. I will return with my results. Thank you, Ralph! EDIT: forgot to mention. i sent the ticket using daedalus’s help menu that pops up during the issue. they have the logs i sent them, that they requested. but I will try this in the mean time and let them know asap if i fix it on my own. there’s still the issue of syncing not completing as well. 🙏🙏🙏 ---
**Author:** ![raph\_cardano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/raph_cardano/32/56254_2.png) [@raph\_cardano](https://forum.cardano.org/u/raph_cardano)\ **Post date:** [7 June 2021 15:07 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/12 "2021-06-07T15:07:03Z")
Hehe, great mindset 👍 feel free to PM if you need anything… ---
**Author:** ![Crypto\_Dryp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/crypto_dryp/32/37205_2.png) [@Crypto\_Dryp](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Crypto_Dryp)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2021 20:04 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/13 "2021-06-09T20:04:28Z")
Raph! So sorry I haven’t replied. The system said I was too noobish still and capped my responses. Update. I have not had to dive into this walk through just yet. Support informed me it was 8GB I needed. I had 4, apparently I’m blind. lol. So I installed an 8GB card today and we are in business, brother! Might still do this walk through just to speed it all up even more anyway. Now I can use a browser while daedalus is running. Before it was not responsive much at all. Also going to swap my low rpm drive for an SSD. Thank you, Raph. You’re help has also informed me of other aspects I need to consider on my journey here and to always ask questions when I’m stuck. Goodvibes always. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![raph\_cardano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/raph_cardano/32/56254_2.png) [@raph\_cardano](https://forum.cardano.org/u/raph_cardano)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2021 20:36 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/14 "2021-06-09T20:36:49Z")
Ok, great then. If you ever need to check on available and currently used RAM, you can do ```auto $ free -h ``` For disk space usage ```auto $ df -h ``` And SSD are a good choice but do not forget to follow usual good practices to limit wear-off and thus, improve their life expectancy and performance. For instance [SSDOptimization - Debian Wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/SSDOptimization) ---
**Author:** ![undert0wn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7993a0/32.png) [@undert0wn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/undert0wn)\ **Post date:** [11 August 2021 21:56 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/15 "2021-08-11T21:56:31Z")
Hi, I am having the same problem on one machine (with an AMD proc) but not the other machine (with an Intel proc). Not sure if its a proc issue but the above workaround is not hieroglyphics to me. Give me a few days to troubleshoot and I will post a reply one way or another. ---
**Author:** ![undert0wn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7993a0/32.png) [@undert0wn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/undert0wn)\ **Post date:** [12 August 2021 13:33 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/16 "2021-08-12T13:33:57Z")
Ok, so I edited the topology file that this link suggested and while that did get the mainnet to sync faster with the added IP’s, my wallet still was not syncing. What ended up working for me was to first uninstall Daedalus Mainnet then delete the following folder after uninstall: > C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Daedalus Mainnet I noticed that if you just uninstall and reinstall it was still aware of my wallet. Deleting this folder after uninstall and then reinstalling worked properly. ---
**Author:** ![thejtree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@thejtree](https://forum.cardano.org/u/thejtree)\ **Post date:** [11 October 2021 16:56 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/daedalus-mainnet-not-connecting/63795/17 "2021-10-11T16:56:52Z")
Just had this issue happen with 4.3.1, this fixed it, thank you!