It seems that mDNS is being replaced. What is used nowadays to connect two devices running KDE Connect?
Hi,
Currently mDNS is disabled by default on the Android app, in an effort to test how well it has been helping. When disabled, KDE Connect & friends should continue to work with UDP broadcasts on port 1716.
kdeconnect-kde was/is using a small cross-platform mDNS implementation, but this was conflicting with Avahi (common Linux implementation), which it itself can conflict with systemd-resolved.
So I think it’s not certain that mDNS will be replaced, but it’s currently being tested to see how much it helps (i.e. many networks that block UDP broadcasts may also block mDNS). If mDNS stays, then it probably just needs some work to ensure it works on all platforms and doesn’t conflict with anything.
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Thank you for your answer @andyholmes
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