Thread: Does Calibre Content Server work OUTSIDE my wifi?
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Old 07-28-2020, 02:15 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by MizSuz View Post
In my experience the server must be accessible through a router that has NAT loopback capability if you wish to be able to access your calibre server from a remote location not in your LAN. While that ability used to be standard on routers, increasingly it's become a "security risk" according to ISPs who are providing routers, and an "upgrade feature" to companies selling routers. Meaning we see it as a standard feature less and less in standard home gear often used by ISPs, but more often in gear designed for gaming, running simulators, and the like.

In my experience if you have your server set up correctly and you still can't access it from outside your LAN, then the issue is probably your router not having loopback capability.
NAT loopback isn't going to help here. It will only help to allow the user to use the same IP address from inside the firewall as from outside. As @kovidgoyal said, this needs the correct port forwarding setup on the router or firewall involved.

@nonlinear.nyc: Do a search for "port forwarding" and your router model, and you should find a guide to do this. But, if your router is supplied by your ISP, they might have disabled access to do this.
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