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  • [OT] connecting to PC through router wifi port

    From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Jun 3 02:16:51 2023


    equipment

    Android phone
    PC Mageia 8
    kdeconnect
    netcomm modem router NF18MESH

    While I can connect to the ISP with the android using the wireless
    connection, I am baffled as to how to connect to the PC
    I suspect that the WiFi is a different network from the wan

    Any links to tutorials would be a great help


    regards

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    Running KDE on x86_64 5.15.110-desktop-2.mga8
    Mageia release 8

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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Sat Jun 3 06:52:19 2023
    On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:16:51 -0400, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    equipment
    Android phone
    PC Mageia 8
    kdeconnect
    netcomm modem router NF18MESH

    While I can connect to the ISP with the android using the wireless connection, I am baffled as to how to connect to the PC
    I suspect that the WiFi is a different network from the wan

    Any links to tutorials would be a great help

    With my tp-link router, for the lan, there is one address for the router and
    a subnet mask. Doesn't matter if I connect via ethernet or using a wireless connection. They are both in the same address range.

    The wan is only for connections that go through the isp.

    From experience I know that some routers allow making the other systems connected
    to it invisible to a wireless guest. In the netcomm, that option is called "Enable LAN side firewal". Make sure it's off which appears to be the default.

    Have you tried connecting to the pc using it's lan ip address?
    Make sure shorewall isn't blocking the port for the lan addresses.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sun Jun 4 05:07:02 2023
    On 3/6/23 15:52, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:16:51 -0400, faeychild
    <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
      equipment
    Android phone
    PC  Mageia 8
    kdeconnect
    netcomm modem router NF18MESH

    While I can connect to the ISP with the android using the wireless
    connection,  I am baffled as to how to connect to the PC
    I suspect that the WiFi is a different network from the wan

    Any links to tutorials would be a great help

    With my tp-link router, for the lan, there is one address for the router
    and
    a subnet mask. Doesn't matter if I connect via ethernet or using a wireless connection. They are both in the same address range.

    The wan is only for connections that go through the isp.

    From experience I know that some routers allow making the other systems connected
    to it invisible to a wireless guest. In the netcomm, that option is called "Enable LAN side firewal". Make sure it's off which appears to be the default.

    Have you tried connecting to the pc using it's lan ip address?
    Make sure shorewall isn't blocking the port for the lan addresses.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins


    Clearly the mind was frazzled after a morning of manual reading and
    googling; I said Wan I meant LAN

    To call my network skills vanishingly small would be high praise :-)

    OK thanks Dave
    I'll go there, but today

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    Running KDE on x86_64 5.15.110-desktop-2.mga8
    Mageia release 8


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