# Multiple Gateway Configuration Logouts **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [March 8, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-gateway-configuration-logouts/44220 "2021-03-08T14:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [March 8, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-gateway-configuration-logouts/44220/2 "2021-03-08T18:04:05Z")
It's normal; an unfortunate consequence of things on our webserver. If each session has a different _hostname_, then you can log in to multiple gateways simultaneously. One recommendation when this last came up was to put in different `hosts` file entries for each gateway, then always connect to them by hostname. This thread has more information on that and some other workarounds: > [@Odd behavior when running multiple 8.0.X Gateways in one PC](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-behavior-when-running-multiple-8-0-x-gateways-in-one-pc/36005): > > This week, after the announcement of Ignition Maker Edition, I downloaded the Windows ZIP installer, and unzipped it into two locations, each with a different purpose; one would be full-fleged Ignition, and the other Maker Edition. Since in my company we are still supporting 7.9, I’ve been doing this ZIP installs for quite some time; having each Gateway registered with its own service name, and configuring all in different ports (HTTP, HTTPS, Metro SSL). Before this week I was only running 7.9… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-gateway-configuration-logouts/44220)._