# Can I reconnect to the network after being disconnected in the designer?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-reconnect-to-the-network-after-being-disconnected-in-the-designer/64672>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [September 29, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-reconnect-to-the-network-after-being-disconnected-in-the-designer/64672 "2022-09-29T17:02:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![SOPerator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@SOPerator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SOPerator)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-reconnect-to-the-network-after-being-disconnected-in-the-designer/64672/1 "2022-09-29T17:02:58Z")

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I was working in the designer when I lost connection to the gateway. I now get an error when I try to save:

com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayException: No session found. You must re-login. (Users.getCurrentUser)

Is there a way to login again without relaunching the designer?

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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-reconnect-to-the-network-after-being-disconnected-in-the-designer/64672/2 "2022-09-30T02:30:30Z")

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I tried to recreate this condition by editing a page, and then simply removing the ethernet connection. However, when I plug the ethernet connection back in, the connection is reestablished on its own with no other intervention on my part.

Can you provide more details about the gateway interruption?

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Corbett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Sam\_Corbett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sam_Corbett)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-reconnect-to-the-network-after-being-disconnected-in-the-designer/64672/3 "2022-10-03T00:37:32Z")

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I had this issue when I used the hostname instead of the IP for the gateway. Most likely due to DNS config/Docker, I've not resolved it, though IP works just fine.

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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-reconnect-to-the-network-after-being-disconnected-in-the-designer/64672/4 "2022-10-03T11:05:54Z")

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> [@Sam\_Corbett](#):
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> Most likely due to DNS

Yup. that is still the longest running joke [not really a joke] on [r/sysadmin](https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/search/?q=It%27s%20always%20DNS&restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=&include_over_18=1&type=comment): "It's always DNS"