Add hint: Select on Windows desktop "Private Network" to add a second device

dev24126 · February 6, 2024, 3:03pm

Please add a hint in the FAQ chapter “Multi-client” - “Troubleshooting” that it is also important that your PC is discoverable to other devices on the Private Network. See attached pictures. This is also not obvious for everybody.
After the datatransfer the network (type) can be set back to “public”, means that your PC is no longer discoverable again.

r10s · February 10, 2024, 7:39pm

thanks a lot, i also ran into this issue on windows. we should add a hint, indeed

Simon · February 11, 2024, 8:14pm

We could put this into the FAQ and then add a trouble shooting button that opens the local inApp help.

r10s · February 13, 2024, 6:18pm

i added a PR for the hint at improve add-second-device troubleshooting for windows by r10s · Pull Request #799 · deltachat/deltachat-pages · GitHub , android+ios already have “troubleshooting” for both sides, for desktop it is missing on the scanner side, which is tracked at windows: add-second-device issues · Issue #3676 · deltachat/deltachat-desktop · GitHub