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pghaworth · 11-15-2014, 11:42 AM

Here's the link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=16

And here's the info from the link:

"You can connect to it via wifi and download your drm-free reads. I only realized this somewhat recently, and it does take some fiddling to get it right and connected, but once it's in place and bookmarked, it can be quite handy.

A few provisos:
1. If away from home, you must remember to connect before you leave. I haven't found a way to force it to auto connect whenever started.
2. You need to have a basic understanding of your home network, ports, etc. that will work to allow the access.
3. Some devices - Kindles here - accept password protection, and some don't. I recommend pw protection if your K accepts it. PW1 does for sure, and I feel sure PW2 does, as well. It just might take a bit of fiddling before it works for you.
4. If you're at home, it's probably just as quick to usb your books over. Its speed of delivery is dependent on the speed of your Kindle's EB, which as we all know is sometimes like watching paint dry. OTOH outside and away, it's a nice alternative to have if you've forgotten to download something, want to just look at something, etc.
5. The default port - 8080 - has never worked for me. 443 has been the best one, YMMV.
6. In Calibre: Preferences, Sharing Over the Internet to configure port, username, password, etc.
7. In Calibre: Connect/Share, Start Content Server. Once connected you can see your home IP and whichever port is being used by the content server.
8. In EB: You can browse by various things, I keep a column in Calibre called Next, mark the books I want to read next with one star and browse by that.
9. In EB: You can't bookmark and browse to the tagged pages, at least mine won't let me, but you can browse to "your IP and port" and once bookmarked return there each time easily. That's what makes it like watching paint dry. If you could auto browse to the tags/columns area and make it your start point it would be less time consuming.
10. Example: for bookmark 127.0.0.0:8080 yours will be different, but you can also test at home.

Hope this helps and wasn't TMI!"

11-15-2014, 11:42 AM	#13
pghaworth Fervent Pleasure Seeker Posts: 1,224 Karma: 712073 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The Windmills of My Mind Device: Clara HD	Here's the link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=16 And here's the info from the link: "You can connect to it via wifi and download your drm-free reads. I only realized this somewhat recently, and it does take some fiddling to get it right and connected, but once it's in place and bookmarked, it can be quite handy. A few provisos: 1. If away from home, you must remember to connect before you leave. I haven't found a way to force it to auto connect whenever started. 2. You need to have a basic understanding of your home network, ports, etc. that will work to allow the access. 3. Some devices - Kindles here - accept password protection, and some don't. I recommend pw protection if your K accepts it. PW1 does for sure, and I feel sure PW2 does, as well. It just might take a bit of fiddling before it works for you. 4. If you're at home, it's probably just as quick to usb your books over. Its speed of delivery is dependent on the speed of your Kindle's EB, which as we all know is sometimes like watching paint dry. OTOH outside and away, it's a nice alternative to have if you've forgotten to download something, want to just look at something, etc. 5. The default port - 8080 - has never worked for me. 443 has been the best one, YMMV. 6. In Calibre: Preferences, Sharing Over the Internet to configure port, username, password, etc. 7. In Calibre: Connect/Share, Start Content Server. Once connected you can see your home IP and whichever port is being used by the content server. 8. In EB: You can browse by various things, I keep a column in Calibre called Next, mark the books I want to read next with one star and browse by that. 9. In EB: You can't bookmark and browse to the tagged pages, at least mine won't let me, but you can browse to "your IP and port" and once bookmarked return there each time easily. That's what makes it like watching paint dry. If you could auto browse to the tags/columns area and make it your start point it would be less time consuming. 10. Example: for bookmark 127.0.0.0:8080 yours will be different, but you can also test at home. Hope this helps and wasn't TMI!"