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authorVincent Breitmoser <look@my.amazin.horse>2017-12-16 22:09:53 +0200
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 Troubleshooting
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+You can use the federation tester to check if your homeserver is all set:
+``https://matrix.org/federationtester/api/report?server_name=<your_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