02-18-2024, 10:47 AM
Hello Steve,
You can't currently rely on the automatic connection with a Chromebook, as ChromeOS places all Android applications behind a firewall (hence why you are seeing a different IP address in MobileSheets). There is no way for MobileSheets to know it's behind that firewall. The long term solution for this is I'm going to add support for DNS-SD, but I haven't had a chance yet to add the necessary changes for that. In the meantime, what you'll need to do is click the Connection dropdown in the companion app, then "Manual WiFi Connect", and enter 192.168.2.204. That should initiate the connection and then you should be able to proceed. If you encounter a connection error after doing that, then something is blocking the TCP traffic between the two applications (mesh routers can potentially cause a lot of headaches by not forwarding traffic between devices).
Mike
You can't currently rely on the automatic connection with a Chromebook, as ChromeOS places all Android applications behind a firewall (hence why you are seeing a different IP address in MobileSheets). There is no way for MobileSheets to know it's behind that firewall. The long term solution for this is I'm going to add support for DNS-SD, but I haven't had a chance yet to add the necessary changes for that. In the meantime, what you'll need to do is click the Connection dropdown in the companion app, then "Manual WiFi Connect", and enter 192.168.2.204. That should initiate the connection and then you should be able to proceed. If you encounter a connection error after doing that, then something is blocking the TCP traffic between the two applications (mesh routers can potentially cause a lot of headaches by not forwarding traffic between devices).
Mike