# So if Algorand Wallet can get on Testnet without Sandbox, why am I even running it? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** testnet\ **Created:** [January 24, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/so-if-algorand-wallet-can-get-on-testnet-without-sandbox-why-am-i-even-running-it/5848 "2022-01-24T23:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![hbquikcomjamesl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hbquikcomjamesl](https://forum.algorand.co/u/hbquikcomjamesl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/so-if-algorand-wallet-can-get-on-testnet-without-sandbox-why-am-i-even-running-it/5848/1 "2022-01-24T23:07:03Z")
Something I don’t quite understand about the “Your First Transaction” demonstration (and I’m doing my best to avoid sounding confrontational): I’ve got all three of the accounts I created in the “Getting Started” Java class (from the Java “My First Transaction” page) tied to a wallet on my Chromebook, and I have the addresses and passphrases for them securely stored, so that I can use a slightly modified version of “Getting Started” to pass “Monopoly Algos” around among those accounts. And I’ve got the wallet switched over to Testnet, so I can see the “Monopoly Algos” circulating around. So why am I still running a sandbox node locally? 😕 🤔 🫤 The wallet on my Chromebook is clearly talking to a node _somewhere_. I can understand why the “Your First Transaction” page would seek to demonstrate both the APIs and the Sandbox node, especially since there’s no way of knowing what a given developer is going to need (indeed, I haven’t a clue what I’ll eventually need), but can the “Getting Started” Java class connect to other nodes? --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.algorand.co/t/so-if-algorand-wallet-can-get-on-testnet-without-sandbox-why-am-i-even-running-it/5848)._