# Help connecting through local network
**URL:** https://www.tagtool.org/t/help-connecting-through-local-network/1826
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** networking
**Created:** [July 8, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.tagtool.org/t/help-connecting-through-local-network/1826 "2021-07-08T17:32:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@123456](https://www.tagtool.org/u/123456)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.tagtool.org/t/help-connecting-through-local-network/1826/1 "2021-07-08T17:32:06Z")
Hello guys I hope you are doing ok
Kindly I need your help urgent , I’m trying to start session through local network , seems to be that not appear to other , they can join the session after putting the host IP manually
any help ??
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### Author:  [@iink](https://www.tagtool.org/u/iink)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.tagtool.org/t/help-connecting-through-local-network/1826/2 "2021-07-09T14:37:22Z")
Hello,
This sounds like a networking issue. Usually the session is discovered automatically in the session menu - when you can connect manually via IP it basically works just the discovery seems to have an issue. Might be some network ports are restricted. Hard to tell from distance.
mat
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### Author:  [@123456](https://www.tagtool.org/u/123456)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://www.tagtool.org/t/help-connecting-through-local-network/1826/3 "2021-07-10T11:03:55Z")
Hello mat
could you please help to inform me which ports that need to be opened , thanks for you reply