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## Contributing to the Geth website {#contributing-to-website}
## Contributing to the Geth website {#contributing-to-website}
The Geth website is hosted separately from Geth itself. The contribution guidelines are the same. Please for the Geth website GitHub repository and raise pull requests for the maintainers to review and merge.
The Geth website is hosted separately from Geth itself. The contribution guidelines are the same. Please check out the [website repository](https://github.com/ethereum/geth-website) and raise pull requests for the maintainers to review and merge.
description: Guide to connecting Geth to a peer-to-peer network
description: Guide to connecting Geth to a peer-to-peer network
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The default behaviour for Geth is to connect to Ethereum Mainnet. However, Geth can also connect to public testnets, [private networks](/docs/developers/geth-developer/private-network) and [local testnets](/docs/developers/geth-developer/dev-mode). For convenience, the two public testnets with long term support, Goerli and Sepolia, have their own command line flag. Geth can connect to these testnets simpyl by passing:
The default behaviour for Geth is to connect to Ethereum Mainnet. However, Geth can also connect to public testnets, [private networks](/docs/developers/geth-developer/private-network) and [local testnets](/docs/developers/geth-developer/dev-mode). For convenience, the two public testnets with long term support, Goerli and Sepolia, have their own command line flag. Geth can connect to these testnets simply by passing:
- `--goerli`, Goerli proof-of-authority test network
- `--goerli`, Goerli proof-of-authority test network