Problem Connecting (probably OT)

[Simon Redman]

Hi Jonathan,

I don't think there's anything specific to KDE Connect which would stop
it from working across two different subnets like you have described.
However, there are some complexities:

Can packets route between your two subnets? The easiest way to answer
this is to try to ping your computer from your phone or your phone from
your computer

If you can route packets between the two subnets but autodiscovery isn't
working, it might work for you to manually add your computer's IP
address in the phone's settings.

If packets can't route, you could try to go down the networking rabbit
hole and add routes between your two networks. However, it might be
easier to see if you can get your wireless router to behave as more of a
wireless switch and put everything on the 192.168.1.x network (you say
that it's used only to provide a wireless hotspot, but it appears to be
acting as a DHCP server and NAT/gateway as well)

Thanks,
Simon

On 8/1/20 9:56 AM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> On Sat, 2020-08-01 at 09:49 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>> I am having trouble connecting my cell phone to my computer, probably
>> because of network issues.  The setup is shown in the attached diagram.  
>>
>>   * /Amito/: is a desktop computer platform Fedora Linux fc32 with
>>     all updates installed
>>       o Running kde-connect 1.0
>>   * /Gateway/: is the gateway to the internet (via ATT), distributed
>>     by 2-Wire, model i38HG
>>   * /Trend/: is a TRENDnet AC1200 Dual Band Wireless Router
>>   * /Cell Phone/: is an LG VS985 phone running Android 6.0
>>   * My cell phone carrier is Page+ Cellular
>>
>>
>> As you see, the cell phone is on network 192.168.10.x, while the
>> computer running KDE is in network 192.168.1.x; they don't see each
>> other. The router /Trend/  is used only to provide a wireless hot
>> spot; the wireless function of /Gateway/ is not available, since it
>> is in a metal box. It's possible to set up a direct USB link from the
>> Cell Phone to Amito, but my cell phone carrier, Page+, has disabled
>> the full capacity of this link.
>
> The Cell Phone should of course have a link to the cloud via Verizon,
> but I have omitted it for clarity.
>

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