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KDE Connect & Warpinator Connection Issues

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I'm well versed in networking and computing but I'm new to the Linux desktop environment and Linux Mint. I'm currently dual-booting LM & M$ Windows but hoping to fully transition to a Linux desktop ASAP.

With the help of numerous articles and posts I have been able to get most things working (it's been a long, painful journey so far) but I've been trying for hours to get KDE Connect to work and now my head hurts! Please help!

My setup:
device1 = Samsung S20 Android smartphone with KDE Connect App 1.19.1 installed, connected to router1 via WiFi, IP: 192.168.1.2/24.
device2 = Linux Mint 20.3 (Cinnamon) desktop PC with KDE Connect 4.0 installed, connected to router2 via Ethernet LAN2, IP: 10.0.6.7/24 (firewall disabled).
"router1" connected to "router2" via Ethernet LAN1: 192.168.1.0/24.
Static route from LAN1 (192.168.1.0/24) to LAN2 (10.0.6.0/24) enabled on router1.
No internal FW rules active on either router1 or router2.

Results:
KDE Connect Automatic scan on either devices shows no available devices
Manually adding the IP address of device2 to app on device1 does not resolve the connection issue.
Ping device1 -> device2 = success
Ping device2 -> device1 = success
Test on device 2: "Netcat -z -v 192.168.1.2 1714-1764" = "Connection to 192.168.1.2 1716 port [tcp/*] succeeded!"

So the routing across my network is working, there is no firewall blocking and port 1716 is open but KDE Connect still won't actually connect!

I've also tried Warpinator and that won't connect either...

Do any of you experienced Linux Mint users have any ideas as to where I'm going wrong here please?
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