


You should see a web page showing a book catalog, or a button asking you to select a catalog. Type the address: (replacing 192.168.1.2 with the IP address you noted earlier). If not, please refer to Calibre’s documentation.Ħ) On the machine running Calibre, open a web browser window (using, for example, Chrome, Edge or Internet Explorer). If you wish, you can supply a user name and password here - but note that if the procedure does not work, then it is worth trying it again, using blank user name and password.ĥ) On the same screen, click the Test Server button, and check that a page is displayed, showing a book catalog, or a button asking you to select a catalog. On the Preferences screen, select ‘Sharing over the net’.Ĥ) Set the screen up with password and username blank, and server port 8080, then click the ‘Start Server’ button. This is the IP address of your Calibre server note it down for later use.ģ) Run Calibre, and click the Preferences item on the main toolbar.

You're looking for a string of four numbers separated by dots - like 192.168.1.2 or 10.0.0.2. In that window, type IPCONFIG, and look for the ‘Ipv4 Address’ line in the result. If this does not work, it's time to try the long version of the instructions.ġ) Update to the latest version of Calibre (if you run Calibre it will tell you if there is a newer version).Ģ) On the PC that is running Calibre, open a command window (for example, by clicking the ‘start’ button on the screen and typing CMD into the text box there).
