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Originally Posted by stumped
that log showed CC seeing calibre content server on 192.168.0.16
can you not use those same values for wireless device ?
is that one of the calibre IP addresses shown when u select "start wireless device connection" on share/connect tab
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This will work as long as both CC and the calibre PC are on that subnet, and that the calibre PC's network interface is set to "private". My guess is that CC's auto-connect won't work because both CC and calibre can get confused about which interface to talk to.
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as Chaley said, seeing multiple addresses there is strange, e.g. all I see there is a single address which i know is this PCs local LAN address 192.168.0.72
post all that you see, or a screengrab of that interface window
do you have more than one network card installed ?
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Multiple IP addresses can come from VPNs (TAP, miniport, etc), multiple cabled connections, and multiple wireless adapters. There are some unusual situations where a single interface has multiple IP addresses, but this usually requires a net admin to do something explicit like set up IP aliasing.
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PS. someone connect me if wrong but AFAIK you can use "connect wireless device" even if the library is on a wired only PC, just like I do with content server. My library PC has no wifi turned on, but wifi on my CC tablet connects to PC on wired LAN ok
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Absolutely correct. In fact this is (was?) the most common configuration. The main "trick" is to be sure that the wireless router puts the cable on the same IP network as WiFi; normally this happens automatically but guest networking can mess it up. Second is to be sure that the wireless router will route wifi onto cable; it won't if wireless isolation is turned on. Finally, the cabled network must be "private" if the PC is windows.