# Two people working on same project in gateway **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-people-working-on-same-project-in-gateway/42954 "2021-02-03T13:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michael.black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-people-working-on-same-project-in-gateway/42954/1 "2021-02-03T13:52:37Z")
I have a project I am working on and want another person to work on the same project at the same time. I took a backup of the gateway and sent it to him. I had made changes to the project after the backup and when he opened the backup the changes were not there. It makes sense but I figured if he was connected to the same gateway that he would then see the changes and we would be working on the same project and see each other changes. Why are we not able to see the same gateway? ---
**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 3, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-people-working-on-same-project-in-gateway/42954/2 "2021-02-03T13:55:59Z")
If he were connected to the _same_ gateway he wouldn’t have needed you to send a backup. Sounds like you each have your own gateway installed. ---
**Author:** ![michael.black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-people-working-on-same-project-in-gateway/42954/3 "2021-02-03T13:57:42Z")
How would I make sure that he is on the same gateway? I have had him copy the exact URL from the gateway I am opening and it says that if failed to connect. What are we doing wrong? ---
**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 3, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-people-working-on-same-project-in-gateway/42954/4 "2021-02-03T13:58:46Z")
Are you on the same network? Whatever server/PC the gateway is running on needs to be accessible over the network by both of you. If it’s running on your PC then make sure there’s no firewall blocking him from connecting if he’s otherwise on the same network. Ultimately though, the gateway is server software, and should be running on a separate server that is accessible by anybody who needs to design or run a client or project. ---
**Author:** ![lachguerabdallah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lachguerabdallah/32/25558_2.png) [@lachguerabdallah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lachguerabdallah)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-people-working-on-same-project-in-gateway/42954/5 "2021-02-03T14:12:52Z")
Has the other person updated their project? File \> update project ---
**Author:** ![michael.black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-people-working-on-same-project-in-gateway/42954/6 "2021-02-03T15:44:54Z")
Not on the same network. And we don’t feel comfortable taking down the firewalls so going with option of having one computer with the gateway and accessing that computer remotely. Thanks for the help guys! ---
**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/two-people-working-on-same-project-in-gateway/42954/7 "2021-02-03T15:50:34Z")
You don’t have to take the entire firewall down. Just open up port 8088/8043/8060. See here: [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+Port+Reference](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+Port+Reference)