So note: this is a rookie learning zorin, even whole linux, as a long time windows user.
But: i wanted to use zorin connect. I installed and followd the instructions of the app on destkop and then also of mobile. First time , disconnected due problems and wanted to connected the second time? 🗷.
Now i know from here there a more than one ways to go, but i want/need a short-term solution: connect with my andriod 14 phone to my zorin connect, in zorin 17.3 core, GNOME Shell 43.9, with IP ADRESS. Just to see if that solves my personal puzzel.
But, how do i find that? The right one, because just like my GNOME version, i did some research, but couldn't really find the woods trough the trees yet. (if you get what i mean)
But already thanks if you got so far! Hopefully you see something that i could be missing?+
Do you need your PC's IP address or your phone's? I'm assuming from context that you need your PC's. If you hit Ctrl-Alt-T to open a terminal window and type ip addr you'll get something that looks like this:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 60:cf:84:76:d2:65 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname enp8s0
inet 192.168.1.175/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eno1
valid_lft 84927sec preferred_lft 84927sec
inet6 fe80::deda:740e:238f:ce8e/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlp9s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 60:ff:9e:0a:91:6a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Just a bit more than halfway down, you'll see a line that starts with inet. The number immediately following that is your IP address. In my case, 192.168.1.175.
Yeah thx!
That's exactly what i meant, excuses for the vage things.
Sadly, this didn't solve the problem i meant to solve, because it seems not to work the way i expected or wanted to.
I enter the cmd you gave, got the IP adress and used it in my mobile zorin connect app. it said "it didn't got a respond from the given ping" (word can be not 100% the same). I have no other "good" question but: how to connect in Zorin OS with IP adress? its like, i just want the app to work like it is supposed to, via wifi or IP.
Mebye someone has thoughts, tips, tricks, advice or something else mebye useful? I am all ears now.
Hopefully someone else has an idea--I haven't used Connect in months, and when I did, it automatically detected my PC running Zorin. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is to make sure your phone and computer are on the same network. If they're not, it won't work.
When you say "public network" can you be more precise? In Windows, when you connect to a network, you're asked whether it's public or private, and that changes what Windows does a bit, but there's no real meaning behind it. If it's your home network and your Windows PCs call it "public," that doesn't mean anything to Linux.
IF, however, it's a real public network, that is, maintained by a company for open use by anyone, it's very possible the network is configured to keep devices isolated, to avoid having people try to access other peoples' devices. If they're doing that, you may not be able to connect two devices on that network.
last. I mean with public, free wifi from... Mc Donalds, or the Subway, or a other restaurant of bussniss of something that has free wifi and that wifi i just called public network. Mostly those networks/wifi don't have password security.
Yeah, its not exaclty what i thought, but very close of what my insticts are trying to tell me. Mebye, but i can understand that what you say. In that case i am planning to research with my own hands asap this "real public network question", to see if its true. When true, i believe this topic is done discussing/"puzzeling" with. if false, i think you wil hear from me more.
Using KDE Connect on a public WiFi network can be challenging due to network configurations that may not allow devices to discover each other. However, there are workarounds you can use. For instance, you can connect your phone to your notebook's WiFi hotspot, which allows both devices to be on the same network.
Alternatively, you can use a virtual private network (VPN) service like ZeroTier or TailScale to create a network connection between your devices. This method keeps your computer's external connection unaffected while enabling KDE Connect to function.
Thanks!
For the promis i still want to say:
Today i finally tried, because nobody is busy now these days.., to troubleshoot and "puzzel" here and there from what i know and could. Nothing worked, didn't connect like my first time. So indo think this replied comment does gives hint me here, but i honestly noe dont know 123 the what and when now, but i believe it will come to that.
, disconnected due problems and wanted to connected the second time? 🗷.