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pesto126 · 07-19-2014, 05:23 PM

thx but I am aware of all that and mentioned it works perfectly on my PC (same network/same router/same external IP address/different port).. but the MAC doesn't so I was looking for advice from anyone who has been able to get this to work outside the home for a MAC... the router is obviously not redirecting to the 9090 port for the MAC for some reason.. internal address all work perfectly from multiple devices within the network using 9090.

My external IP address hasn't changed in over 2 years... and my internal IP address is known by the router (it comes up with the name and IP address - it too hasn't changed since I set it up). I setup port 9090 as the UDP/TCP port and to forward to the same... no dice trying to access outside the local ip address (in fact, I can't access it using the external address even from within the network - which I can do on my PC).

I know the router can communicate with the MAC because it has ports setup automatically via NAT-PMP (something I wish Calibre adds by the way - auto port setup for the server!!) for Skype and Folx.. It remains a mystery!!

Guess no one really uses the server function all that much... truly a shame as I think it is a fantastic way to visually search and get your books in a library style format. Guess I'll have to go the dropbox route and just use the author / title approach.. also surprised there aren't more PHP or other software online to do the same... is there no market for an amazon/B&N style "store" for personal documents, etc?

thx anyway...

07-19-2014, 05:23 PM	#3
pesto126 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Kindle HDX, Ipad	thx but I am aware of all that and mentioned it works perfectly on my PC (same network/same router/same external IP address/different port).. but the MAC doesn't so I was looking for advice from anyone who has been able to get this to work outside the home for a MAC... the router is obviously not redirecting to the 9090 port for the MAC for some reason.. internal address all work perfectly from multiple devices within the network using 9090. My external IP address hasn't changed in over 2 years... and my internal IP address is known by the router (it comes up with the name and IP address - it too hasn't changed since I set it up). I setup port 9090 as the UDP/TCP port and to forward to the same... no dice trying to access outside the local ip address (in fact, I can't access it using the external address even from within the network - which I can do on my PC). I know the router can communicate with the MAC because it has ports setup automatically via NAT-PMP (something I wish Calibre adds by the way - auto port setup for the server!!) for Skype and Folx.. It remains a mystery!! Guess no one really uses the server function all that much... truly a shame as I think it is a fantastic way to visually search and get your books in a library style format. Guess I'll have to go the dropbox route and just use the author / title approach.. also surprised there aren't more PHP or other software online to do the same... is there no market for an amazon/B&N style "store" for personal documents, etc? thx anyway...