# Gateway Comm compatability between 8.0 & 8.1

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-comm-compatability-between-8-0-8-1/63899>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, ignition81\
**Created:** [September 8, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-comm-compatability-between-8-0-8-1/63899 "2022-09-08T19:27:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-comm-compatability-between-8-0-8-1/63899/2 "2022-09-14T18:36:16Z")

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The gateway comms between 8.1 and 8.0 is possible, but there might be some compatibility limits which you might run into.  
Here is the link to a forum post talking about this exact scenario but with 7.9 and 8.1 connection:

- [Gateway network communication backward compatibility](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-communication-backward-compatibility/40635)

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