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ccpraveen · 01-27-2016, 11:31 PM

Hi all

I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I am pretty new in this site, eventhough I joined years ago. I have been using calibre for quite some time, has successfully enabled calibre server over my windows 10, and I can access the library and download books over my local wifi.

I dont know how to enable the library to be accessed over the internet. I read the calibre manual and it asks me to put the machine IP in the requested field. I have been using my local IP up until now (192.168.0.1). When I tried to configure the internet acccess, something I have never done before, I noticed that my ISP has started using IPV6. IPV6 is totally different from the IPV4 that I am used to, its really long and complicated and I dont even know how to approach this. Also I dont know anything about port forwarding, or even if I would be needing this.

Would someone be kind enough to give some pointers here? Or atleast direct me to a guide someone has posted elsewhere? Thanks for reading. Regards

01-27-2016, 11:31 PM	#1
ccpraveen Site: tinyurl.com/bukworm Posts: 23 Karma: 78 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Kindle, Bluefire Reader	Newbie trying to configure calibre server over the internet with IPV6 Hi all I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I am pretty new in this site, eventhough I joined years ago. I have been using calibre for quite some time, has successfully enabled calibre server over my windows 10, and I can access the library and download books over my local wifi. I dont know how to enable the library to be accessed over the internet. I read the calibre manual and it asks me to put the machine IP in the requested field. I have been using my local IP up until now (192.168.0.1). When I tried to configure the internet acccess, something I have never done before, I noticed that my ISP has started using IPV6. IPV6 is totally different from the IPV4 that I am used to, its really long and complicated and I dont even know how to approach this. Also I dont know anything about port forwarding, or even if I would be needing this. Would someone be kind enough to give some pointers here? Or atleast direct me to a guide someone has posted elsewhere? Thanks for reading. Regards Last edited by ccpraveen; 01-27-2016 at 11:36 PM.