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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
So I have a question about the Calibre server use. I find that this works just fine over my local home network. When the server is on the computer on which I have Calibre I can access my Calibre library with other computers and devices in my local network, including wireless devices, at http://127.0.0.1:8080/ |
It's worth noting that 127.0.0.1 is the loopback address and refers to the computer you're currently on. It shouldn't (can't) work on any other computer on your network to access the Calibre server. I suspect you are using the local address, such as 192.168.0.x of your server computer to access the Calibre server from other computers on your home network.
As user_none said, you will need to set up your router to do port forwarding. For that to work well, you will also need to set up a dynamic DNS account, as he suggested. Most current routers have both those functions available (they are off by default), but even if the dynamic dns function is not available in your router (I have one that does not have it), you can run a local program on your Calibre server to update dyndns.
Good luck. It's tricky to set up if you haven't done this sort of thing before, but it's worth the effort.