Thread: CC & Fire HD .... ?
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Old 04-22-2014, 05:08 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by cybmole View Post
getting there... but I digest these things slowly.

IF my PC is on a Home network, but my firewall says that my calibre install is allowed to talk to a public network - is that pass or fail ? I guess it must be a PASS because I have both boxes ticked, & it is working
do network discovery and file and printer sharing also have to be ON, in the windows network settings - that seems logical ?

PS I had terrible problems finding Calibre in the firewall programs exceptions list because Windows files it under "T" not under "C" . It files it as "The main calibre program"

Calibre, without CC can be used as a public network content server I assume ?

The private network rule is something that you have added to make the app more secure ?
Windows knows three kinds of networks: Public, Private, Domain. Domain you don't need to worry about, that's for businesses or Geeks like me. Private means that you and Windows agree that you're behind a firewall OTHER than the Windows Firewall. (IOW, an external firewall, such as a wireless router.) Public means that you are:
  • Connected directly to the Internet
  • In a shared network environment where you don't trust those around you.
  • In a public place such as Starbucks or a Hotel with Internet access.
  • For some reason your PC has an IP address starting with 169.

Private can be "Home Network" or "Work Network" in Win7, but under the hood it's simply "Private".

Calibre can be a content server (web server) or simply a program running and connecting to a wireless device. When it's a web server, you're allowing it to be passive - anyone can connect to it and download whatever they want, assuming they can get onto the network to see it. However, if you use CC to connect to Calibre as a wireless device, it's exactly as if you were using a USB cable to connect. You use Send to Device and all transfers are initiated from Calibre, not CC.

I'm quite willing to use CC and Calibre in wireless device mode. I choose not to use Calibre as a content server, for a variety of reasons.
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