Question / Problem

[Simon Redman]

Hi Johannes,

Most likely, the other network(s) you're trying to use block UDP 
broadcast packets. Many public (coffee shop) and shared (office/school) 
networks are configured this way.

The newest versions of KDE Connect (23.08? Someone correct me if I'm 
wrong) support mDNS discovery which we hope will work in more network 
environments, but still might be blocked (especially in public networks).

Further, some public wifi networks enforce AP isolation, meaning devices 
on the wifi network are prevented from talking to each other.

If it is a discovery issue, you should be able to manually add the 
device by IP address in the Android app, and it will skip the discovery 
step and directly use the given IP address. If the network has AP 
isolation, there is no way to use that network for KDE Connect (you 
could use a VPN, bluetooth tethering, etc.)

Thanks,
Simon

On 11/10/23 14:15, Johannes Rossmann wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> I don't know if you're the right adresser but I didn't find another 
> suitable adress so therefore I decided to message in here with the 
> following problem:
>
> If I'm in my home network I'm able to connect my android smartphone 
> with my laptop without bigger problems but if I'm in another wifi 
> network I'm not able to connect the mentioned devices.
>
> I don't know what's the exact problem here.
>
> Maybe you can help me out. If you need more information please don't 
> hesitate to contact me.
>
> Have a nice weekend :-)
>