From ef504403904e4551d4846ea59a7cb62773aaa4ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Dempsey <1750243+mcfnord@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:57:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] steer people away from curl and toward nc or ncat.

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 docs/JSON-RPC.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ The JSON-RPC server is based on the [JSON-RPC 2.0](https://www.jsonrpc.org/speci
 - A **response** from Jamulus to the consumer.
 - A **notification** from Jamulus to the consumer.
 
+**Tip:** You can't use `curl` to connect to this server. On Linux, you can use the `nc` CLI tool. On Windows, you can download and use the `ncat` CLI tool.
+
 ## Example
 
 After opening a TCP connection to the JSON-RPC server, the connection must be authenticated: