Auto connect problem

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by chaley

The messages in the auto-connect log aren't right. When CC says "server found" CC really means that it is going to try that IP manually specified address. When CC says "The computer that answered ..." CC really means "No computer answered". I will fix both of these messages.

Taking into consideration the above confusion and the message changes I am making, what the log should really be saying is

08:00:00:  ****** Starting connection on 2015-11-19
08:00:08:  Found fixed IP with auto-connect fallback: 71... , 192... 

08:00:00:  ****** Starting connection on 2015-11-20
08:00:13:  Server to check: 71... 
08:00:13:  Could not find a computer running calibre

08:00:21:  ****** Starting connection on 2015-11-21
08:00:24:  Server to check: 71... 
08:00:29:  Could not find a computer running calibre

08:00:01:  ****** Starting connection on 2015-11-22
08:00:22:  Found fixed IP with auto-connect fallback: 68... , 192...

The fact that the last one says "with auto-connect fallback" tells us that calibre was alive and running on a machine on the local WiFi network and responded to CC's "are there any calibre instances out there" message. I can't tell from this log whether the 68... address worked, but it is certain that the 192... address would work.

So the days when it failed, both the fixed and fallback IP addresses failed then? The log changes you are showing above don't say that.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

So the days when it failed, both the fixed and fallback IP addresses failed then? The log changes you are showing above don't say that.

Yes, and indirectly the logs do say that. If the auto-connect fallback box is checked (which it is for you) and the log doesn't say "with auto-connect" then no computer answered CC's auto-connect broadcast query. Without an answer to that query the only thing CC could do was try the fixed address, which is the "Server to check".