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KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices

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475 points snthd | 3 comments | 12 Oct 25 12:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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roshin ◴[13 Oct 25 13:02 UTC] No.45567872[source]▶
when it works it's amazing. but very often both my phone and laptop are connected to the same WiFi, yet kde connect can't see them. I can't figure out how to diagnose and solve that when it happens
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1. greenavocado ◴[21 Oct 25 13:06 UTC] No.45655274[source]▶
Speculating here based solely on general networking knowledge. You may have "AP Isolation" enabled and/or multicast blocking on your network may be causing problems.

If I was working on KDE Connect I would add a microphone and speaker based pairing system using OFDM modulation lifted from Rattlegram. Each device would share all IP addresses associated with themselves using sound to broadcast the information.

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2. estimator7292 ◴[21 Oct 25 13:43 UTC] No.45655727[source]▶
Just use Bluetooth. These days it's very uncommon for a PC to not have Bluetooth. More of my PCs have Bluetooth than have microphones.
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3. greenavocado ◴[21 Oct 25 15:02 UTC] No.45656694[source]▶
Maybe the Bluetooth connection can be used for IP and port discovery.