Win 11 > KDE Connect > Steam Deck - Device not reachable

[Laserbeak43]

Hi,
I can pair my PC and my Steam Deck but I can't do anything after that. When I double click the steamdeck from windows, I get an error saying "Device not reachable" anyone know what's happening?

-edit-
both devices are on a wired network.

[Laserbeak43]

Anyone?

[Mahjik]

Can you be more specific? When you say "pair", what exactly are you doing?

[Mahjik]

Sorry, I missed the "Connect" part on KDE. I've seen some post on this, and the first troubleshooting step has been around the Windows FIrewall settings.

[Mahjik]

https://userbase.kde.org/KDEConnect#I_have_two_devices_running_KDE_Connect_on_the_same_network,_but_they_can't_see_each_other

[retrogunner]

My bet is likely Windows 11 firewall.

Here's a simple test (and helpful one to leave in place) ... install KDE Connect on your smart phone - it's available for Android & iOS (and Linux phones too :-) ). Then pair your phone first to Windows 11. You'll want to enable most if not all features.

If you copy text to the clipboard in Windows, it should appear in the "Paste" on your phone, and vice-versa. Have someone call/text your phone, does Windows 11 show a notification?

Then do the same phone test with the Steam Deck desktop mode.

Being wired, you shouldn't be impacted by wireless isolation modes. But if you've multiple wired routers & switches like I do (homelab here), you should also be aware of anything that's doubled NAT'd (vs bridged).

[Laserbeak43]

Thanks for the replies :)
same behavior between my phone and Win 11.
Connected and trusted between my phone and steam deck.

So I've opened, the port range for both TCP and UDP. no change...

[Laserbeak43]

TCPView shows that it's listening on the ports...