[theducks]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Uh-uh - Edge works for me with an IP address, but not with a machine name. That's the only instance I have of calibre server not working on Win 10. Other than that it works just the same under Win 10 as it did under Win 7. I cannot recall doing anything special to make it work in Win7 - other than deciding on the port numbers for each library.

• command files that start the servers
• windows shortcuts to chrome that I embed in Evernote **
• casual access to the servers via firefox using IP address
  same machine
  another local machine on the same LAN segment (wired)
• casual access to the servers via firefox using machine name
  same machine
  another local machine on the same LAN segment (wired)
• casual access to the servers via Edge using IP address
  same machine
  another local machine on the same LAN segment (wired)
  
• casual access to the servers via Edge using machine name

**Shortcut Target 

    "%ChromePath% http://127.0.0.1:8082/browse/matches/authors/187" 

The 187 is the row-id in the Authors table

Happy to provide specific details about my setup.

BR


Update : my ISP changed their DSLAM configuration - problem gone

I can access Calibre server by machine name from anywhere on my LAN.
This includes Firefox ON the W10 host <<<

centaur:8083

Is what I type into the address (only) line

BTW The W7 > W10 upgrade left the batch file I use to start the server in place.