Sidecar between macbook and ipad not connecting

Hi,

I have a Retina 13 inch 2020 macbook air and an iPad 7.

My macbook is updated to macOS sonoma and my iPad is updated to iPadOS 18.3.

I want to use the sidecar feature on my mac and project the macbook display onto my iPad. I remember it working around a year ago when I used this feature before, but now it's telling me I have issues connecting due to my iPad's WiFi being 'unavailable.' However, my iPad isn't connecting to hot-spot, my mac isn't sharing the internet connection, they're linked to the same apple ID account, and they're on the same WiFi network.

I've tried connecting both wirelessly and wired (and trusted the computer) but no matter how much I troubleshoot it, it won't connect.

I'd be really grateful if somebody could help me fix this.

Thanks :D

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