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killerbug · 07-18-2025, 07:18 PM

Welp again, seems like it was NOT the solution.

(I don't know much about networking.)
The problem is the router/gateway of the android hotspot is not fixed. It randomly chooses a /24 subnet from the 10.x.x.x private range. So you can't fill the IP address, router box. (they will change). It at least changes after restarting the phone.

for example this:
39: wlan2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 3000
link/ether 9a:6e:91:dd:3d:40 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.69.217.162/24 brd 10.69.217.255 scope global wlan2

changes to this after a restart:
29: wlan2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 3000
link/ether b2:09:7f:bb:64:ce brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.136.103.178/24 brd 10.136.103.255 scope global wlan2
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

07-18-2025, 07:18 PM	#3
killerbug Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2022 Device: PW5(bricked), PW6	Welp again, seems like it was NOT the solution. (I don't know much about networking.) The problem is the router/gateway of the android hotspot is not fixed. It randomly chooses a /24 subnet from the 10.x.x.x private range. So you can't fill the IP address, router box. (they will change). It at least changes after restarting the phone. for example this: 39: wlan2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 3000 link/ether 9a:6e:91:dd:3d:40 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.69.217.162/24 brd 10.69.217.255 scope global wlan2 changes to this after a restart: 29: wlan2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 3000 link/ether b2:09:7f:bb:64:ce brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.136.103.178/24 brd 10.136.103.255 scope global wlan2 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever Last edited by killerbug; 07-18-2025 at 07:22 PM.