# Which gateway is the designer connected to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 23, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459 "2022-02-23T16:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Mason](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bryan_mason/32/30612_2.png) [@Bryan\_Mason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bryan_Mason)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459/1 "2022-02-23T16:25:43Z")
Is there any indicator in the Designer that shows which gateway it’s connected to? I have multiple gateways in the Designer Launcher (Local, Dev, Prod) and once I open the Designer, I can’t tell which one I’m actually connected to. I wish the Designer Name or Gateway Address was in the title or status bar. I noticed that the Gateway name is in the title bar, but I had to name my gateways the same so that tag paths don’t break in the Power Chart when deploying code. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/b/5b5938bcd609d7587886aa9964bd7f7212fbd755.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/4/1411593b73066abf12b1f5a25de4724319fa6e45.png) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459/2 "2022-02-23T16:37:40Z")
You can open the Help → About Ignition Designer menu and see the actual gateway address you’re connected to. We should probably put it into the icon on the bottom bar, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Mason](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bryan_mason/32/30612_2.png) [@Bryan\_Mason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bryan_Mason)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459/3 "2022-02-23T16:40:35Z")
Thanks, that does show the gateway address. I couldn’t find it. The gateway name in the title bar would be useful if the Power Chart didn’t use the name in the tag path. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459/4 "2022-02-23T16:41:22Z")
How else would you suggest multiple gateways logging history into the same database are disambiguated? ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459/5 "2022-02-23T16:45:26Z")
Isn’t it in the title bar? EDIT: Just noticed you already mention it. Sorry 'bout that. Linux ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/b/dbac360881ab0709a0ba40d85ba2e414d90af0d2.png) Windows ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/f/dfd0be06c97b0fb850f7fd2d9417d865dd5f6e7b.png) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Mason](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bryan_mason/32/30612_2.png) [@Bryan\_Mason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bryan_Mason)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459/6 "2022-02-23T16:53:01Z")
I’ve only been using one gateway, but now I understand why the gateway name is used. It would be great to see address somewhere in the status bar. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459/7 "2022-02-23T16:57:53Z")
We’re planning to add more gateway information in a popup to the little ‘gateway connection’ icon. I think that’d be a useful place for the address. In the majority of scenarios, I think the actual address in the title bar would just be noise, though I can understand why it’s useful for you in your setup. ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-gateway-is-the-designer-connected-to/56459/8 "2022-02-23T17:08:39Z")
You can also find the address under Help–\>Diagnostics–though I like @paul-griffith’s idea. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/3/337311fc8e90a4f82de916581afecd5ac880393b.png) I’ve referred to this on occasion in Designer and Vision clients as we run the same projects on multiple servers.