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

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**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:** ![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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