Ignition Designer Host unreachable over WAN

Hello,

I have setup a small PC to run an ignition gateway and database. I have set it up with a static IP and have a wireless router connected to it that is not going to be connected to the internet. Also have the incoming TCP port 8088 on the firewall open.

On a separate laptop I have successfully connected to the private network the gateway PC is on and accessed the gateway via the web browser. The issue I am having is when I launch the Designer and click Add Designer the Gateway does not populate in the list of gateways. When I attempt a manual Gateway URL I get a Host unreachable when I input https://192.xxx.x.xxx:8088.

Are there any steps I've missed in the gateway setup to accept connections over local wireless? Or anything I've failed to setup in my router? Any help will be much appreciated.

Omit the 's' in HTTPS. You will be unlikely to get it to work with pure IP addresses. If you need encryption, set up a private DNS and give your gateway a name.