# Ignition Gateway is not available remotely

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-is-not-available-remotely/114933>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-is-not-available-remotely/114933 "2026-04-07T19:43:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![strickb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@strickb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/strickb)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-is-not-available-remotely/114933/1 "2026-04-07T19:43:56Z")

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I have Ignition 8.1 running on Windows Server 2022. The gateway is available using localhost:8088 but if I use the server’s ip address and :8088 from my laptop it does not see it. I can ping the servers ip address. Is there a particular firewall rule that is stopping remote access to the gateway

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-is-not-available-remotely/114933/2 "2026-04-07T20:18:08Z")

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Allow TCP port 8088 on the gateway server's firewall.

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**Author:** ![strickb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@strickb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/strickb)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-is-not-available-remotely/114933/3 "2026-04-07T20:24:34Z")

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Ok. I will try that. Thanks,