Differing Subnets

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Connect phone to wireless network
2. Connect computer to same network (wired) but a different subdomain.
3. Send test notification

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect the phone to pair properly with my computer but instead get no 
reaction upon sending the test notification

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I am using the most recent version (downloaded from the mac store Sept 10, 2010 
along with the mac software from the downloads page earlier today)  I am using 
Android OS 1.6 and OSX 10.6.4 and Growl 1.2.1.

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jonathan...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2010 at 4:17

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Some more questions about the issue:
By different subdomain, do you mean a different IP subnet?
How are the two networks connected?
Are you sure broadcast packets can cross from one network to another?
What target IP setting are you using?
Does it work if you try with a custom IP/hostname?

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2010 at 5:25

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Ok, i am using the "Global broadcast address."

Yes, i meant subnet (wired is 10.20.3.___ and wireless is 10.20.54.___)  The 
networks are bridged here at work.  I have contacted the guy in charge of them 
to verify that the packets can get through.

Have not tried the custom ip/hostname because this computer/phone gets 
connected to multiple networks.

Original comment by jonathan...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2010 at 5:31

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Well, I'd say it totally depends on your network setup though - if the networks 
use plain Ethernet bridging with no additional setup, then broadcast should go 
through, but most ethernet bridges will explicitly filter out broadcasts to 
reduce the network load since Windows uses them for machine discovery.

About using the custom IP - do you get a DNS name that gets updated to the 
computer?
Anyway, sounds like you want to use bluetooth (I implemented bluetooth 'cause 
I'm in a similar situation - the wifi and wired networks where I work are 
completely separate), except it's not support in Android 1.6 :(

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2010 at 5:52

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Please let me know if you were able to figure this out.

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 12 Sep 2010 at 6:34

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No reply in a week, assuming you figured it out. If not please let me know :)

Original comment by rdamazio@gmail.com on 18 Sep 2010 at 10:19

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