# Trouble connecting to Kepserver **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 29, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trouble-connecting-to-kepserver/86559 "2024-02-29T00:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roger\_Weidling1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@Roger\_Weidling1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Roger_Weidling1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trouble-connecting-to-kepserver/86559/1 "2024-02-29T00:50:25Z")
Not sure if this is the right thread. I am trying to connect Kepserver to Ignition as an OPC Ua device. They are on different servers Ign on x.x.x.144 and Kep on x.x.x.137. When I try to add it to Ignition OPC device connections I get Message= io.netty.channel.ConnectTimeOutException as an error. I can see the port on the Kep is 49320. Not sure what to look for. Also, I see in your previous post you say there is a restart needed. Do you mean Ignition GW or KepServer? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trouble-connecting-to-kepserver/86559/2 "2024-02-29T00:57:17Z")
I moved your post because the topic it was originally in was about making connections the other direction: Kepserver as the client, Ignition as the server. You have a standard networking problem. It's most likely a firewall on one of the servers not allowing the connection to be made. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_Weidling1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@Roger\_Weidling1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Roger_Weidling1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trouble-connecting-to-kepserver/86559/3 "2024-02-29T00:58:19Z")
Thanks for the quick reply. I thought that might be the case and have asked our IT security to take a look.