From ed3ff3762d032fba5d0864ff3dbcfd6d80e4649b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 09:03:43 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about auth problems with e-ink devices --- manual/server.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/manual/server.rst b/manual/server.rst index 0b83bbcd64..1c283a1e6b 100644 --- a/manual/server.rst +++ b/manual/server.rst @@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ steps: network configurations possible, it is not possible to give you a roadmap for doing so. + #. If you have setup a username and password, first try it without that + to see if it is causing issues. Some e-ink devices have browsers that + do not handle authentication. You can sometimes workaround this by + including the username and password in the URL, for example: + ``http://username:password@192.168.1.2:8080``. + #. If you are stuck, you can always ask for help in the `calibre user forums`_.