# Gateway Network between Ignition 7.6 and Ignition 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [November 21, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-between-ignition-7-6-and-ignition-8/30156 "2019-11-21T20:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tmerilatt81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tmerilatt81](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tmerilatt81)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-between-ignition-7-6-and-ignition-8/30156/1 "2019-11-21T20:20:36Z")
I have been trying to create a gateway network connection between Ignition 7.6 on our main server and Ignition 8 on a secondary server, but can’t get it to work. There aren’t any specific gateway network options on the 7.6 gateway that I can find. I can’t find anything in the 7.6 user manual about it either. Is it possible to do this or will I have to upgrade the older gateway? ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-between-ignition-7-6-and-ignition-8/30156/2 "2019-11-21T20:27:53Z")
The gateway network didn’t exist in 7.6 - the GAN was fully introduced in 7.9, and had some protocol evolutions in earlier 7.9 releases, so you should definitely consider upgrading to the latest 7.9 release - it’s a pretty safe upgrade from 7.6, and still long term support for a few more years. ---
**Author:** ![tmerilatt81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tmerilatt81](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tmerilatt81)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-between-ignition-7-6-and-ignition-8/30156/3 "2019-11-21T20:59:28Z")
Ok thanks