From 9419bb5776d656bbc0a47e8123099794da6da40e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Breitmoser Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 22:09:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mention federation tester more prominently in the readme --- README.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 6f146b63b1..76fe2e4139 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ largest boxes pause for thought.) Troubleshooting --------------- + +You can use the federation tester to check if your homeserver is all set: +``https://matrix.org/federationtester/api/report?server_name=`` +If any of the attributes under "checks" is false, federation won't work. + The typical failure mode with federation is that when you try to join a room, it is rejected with "401: Unauthorized". Generally this means that other servers in the room couldn't access yours. (Joining a room over federation is a