Certainly, what they called "WiFi Sync" is a misnomer. It just requires that both the host and device syncing be on the same LAN. At first I thought your request was that they start calling it what it literally is, "LAN Sync" so I really hope they will change that name.
There actually is a reason why it might work only on someone's WiFi however. The same LAN means both have the same subnet mask and net address. Sometimes the WiFi is a different subnet just to protect local computers from invasion through WiFi. In that case you could not sync from your phone on wifi to your desktop plugged in. Both would have to be either on the WiFi or plugged in. On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 12:07:18 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > As you were: I can get syncing even when my desktop PC is wired (via > Ethernet) to my router. > > It was a matter of permanently reserving the *wired* connection Desktop > Mac/IP address in my router's DHCP server. Rather, that is, than > permanently reserving the *wireless* connection Desktop Mac/IP address in > my router's DHCP serve. > > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:15:11 PM UTC+11 John Bentley wrote: > >> I can get MLO to "Wifi Sync" between my Desktop and Android App reliably. >> >> However, this depends having all connections to the router being Wifi. >> This is unnecessarily restrictive and I request that "Wifi Sync" be changed >> to "LAN Sync" (in functionality and some suitable name like that). >> >> To make this need clear: my desktop PC is generally wired (via Ethernet) >> to my router; and my Android Phone, of course, connects via Wifi to my >> router. To get MLO to "Wifi Sync" I need to (temporarily) connect my >> desktop PC via Wifi. However, that breaks the functionality of what a >> (local) network is supposed to be: all devices that want to talk to each >> should be able to do so at the application layer in a connection agnostic >> fashion. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/81fddb92-0bb9-4278-a578-e352470670fbn%40googlegroups.com.
