# OEM agent connection

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oem-agent-connection/74286>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [May 30, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oem-agent-connection/74286 "2023-05-30T10:56:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SURJITH\_JAYAPALAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@SURJITH\_JAYAPALAN](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SURJITH_JAYAPALAN)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oem-agent-connection/74286/1 "2023-05-30T10:56:16Z")

</div>

if i connecting OEM agents to the controller , agents must be in the same network?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oem-agent-connection/74286/2 "2023-05-30T16:00:40Z")

</div>

**EAM** need to be able to access the controller over the network, yes. It doesn't explicitly have to be the same network, they just must be able to resolve one another.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SURJITH\_JAYAPALAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@SURJITH\_JAYAPALAN](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SURJITH_JAYAPALAN)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oem-agent-connection/74286/3 "2023-06-02T03:48:15Z")

</div>

If the gateways are not in same network , how it would connect?, could you explain me more, I could not find any notes for that, port (8088/8068) its help to connect?