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

Nerijus Baliunas nerijus at users.sourceforge.net
Fri Jul 22 11:44:43 UTC 2016


He already said that "The laptop can also successfully SYN to the TCP port (1714)".

On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:42:14 +0530 vineet garg <grgvineet at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Regards,
Nerijus


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