Specifying an IP address isn't enough to connect to a different subnet?

vineet garg grgvineet at gmail.com
Fri Jul 22 11:12:14 UTC 2016


Can you just try pinging one device from other. This will tell whether both
the devices can see each other or not. If ping fails, probably a router
configuration issue else further investigation is needed.

On Jul 22, 2016 4:06 PM, "Albert Vaca" <albertvaka at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure what might be wrong, maybe your router is somehow blocking
> packets between the two networks? Broadcasts aren't needed when using
> direct IP connections, so my intuition says it should work (or there is a
> bug with direct connections).
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 8:13 PM, skomorokh <skomorokh at harmless.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have a not-so-uncommon setup where wireless devices are on 192.168.3.*
>> and
>> wired on 192.168.2.* and I want to use KDE Connect between my
>> phone-on-wireless and my wired desktop.
>>
>> However, it's not clear to me how---I added the exact IP and they can't
>> see
>> each other. Meanwhile, I am able to connect successfully when I run the
>> same
>> (current Ubuntu) version of KDE Connect on my laptop on the same subnet as
>> the phone. The laptop can also successfully SYN to the TCP port (1714)
>> that
>> the program has bound on the desktop so it seems like there is
>> connectivity.
>>
>> Am I wrong to expect this to have worked? Are broadcasts required even
>> with
>> an IP specified? Anything else you might suggest I try to help narrow down
>> the issue?
>>
>> Thanks much,
>> Jason
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