thank you all for all the suggestions. first the problem is not the router if it were then neither computer would be able to get the data, and yes I set an exception in the firewall no luck I tried removing it and resetting the firewall to default settings and when it tried calibre tried to access the network again the firewall didn't alert me so I tried disabling it and and things worked just fine. I found another free firewall that worked on my 64 bit system installed it and made sure that windows' firewall was disabled wen t to get metadata the firewall alerted me i set the exceptions and nothing worked again I have no clue what the problem is. I have been a computer tech since the dark ages and don't usually let computers win but i am stumped
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