- Click "Settings" in the Manage section. ...
- Click "Server" in the upper right corner of the Settings screen.
- Click "Remote Access" on the left side of the screen.
- Click the orange "Enable Remote Access" button on the right side of the screen.
- Click to place a check mark to the left of Manually Specify Public Port, and then enter "32400."
Do I need a VPN for Plex remote access?
· 4y You shouldn't need a VPN to share via Plex, assuming you are sending the content over SSL which is the vast majority of use cases. Just to speak generally, if you were to send data to someone over the VPN it would be the people on the other end receiving the data in an unencrypted format.
How to enable remote access on Plex Media Server?
Remote Access
- Quick Guide. If Remote Access is currently disabled, then use the Enable Remote Access button to trigger your server to try to configure a connection.
- Normal Settings. The information displayed by default will depend on the current state of the Plex Media Server. ...
- Advanced Settings. ...
How to fix remote access error in Plex Media Server?
What causes Plex Remote Access not to Work?
- Solution 1: Updating to the Latest Version. ...
- Solution 2: Power cycling for Glitch Resolution. ...
- Solution 3: Fixing Slow Internet Connection. ...
- Solution 4: Disabling Advanced Firewalls. ...
- Solution 5: Checking the Automatic Configuration. ...
- Solution 6: Manually Forwarding Port. ...
- Solution 7: Manually Port Forwarding Multiple Servers. ...
Does Plex support UPnP?
Universal Plug and Play (uPnP) can be enabled to allow Plex to "talk" with the router and have ports and routes opened up for access from the outside world. Or you can go down the manual route by opening up a port yourself. How to forward ports on a router differs between manufacturers but the details you need to know are as follows:
Enabling Remote Access for Plex
Once I had it all done and configured I noticed that my plex server was reporting as unreachable to the outside world.. Not ideal, if I want to watch a movie from my collection while I’m traveling. It didn’t take long to realize that pfSense had UPnP disabled by default..
Fixing Indirect Access on the LAN
I thought it was all great then I noticed that when I accessed Plex from my local network it was showing up as indirect, which caused it to transcode everything like it was coming from the internet.
Bingo! Direct & Secure LAN Connection
I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out the solution to this and while I have mostly written up this post to help me remember how I got this working, I hope this helps someone else waste a little less time.
How to find the IP address of a Plex server?
Go to your Plex Server webui and look in Remote Access. You should find the public IP address is that of your non-VPN WAN connection.
How to create a port forwarding rule in Plex?
Go to Firewall=>NAT=>Port Forward and create a new rule, ensuring the port is the correct one you have specified in the Plex Server webui and it's pointing to your Plex Server IP address. This will also automatically create a corresponding inbound firewall rule directing external connections from WAN to your Plex server.
This is why I love pfSense (stability)
I'm a small MSP and so I don't always get a chance to touch hardware as much as I'd like to. I have a customer that wanted me to come onsite to switch their ISP after not having been onsite for more than two years. If anyone has questions about pfSense stability, this is why I love pfSense.
Help with Suricata
Can anyone help me find a good tutorial on Suricata? I know this is PFSense, but i'm not finding much on Reddit. There are some videos on YouTube, but they are not the best - at least the ones I've found.
Is this possible and if so how? Take a dedicated LAN port on a 5100 and have everything on that port using a VPN connection
I've tried to Google the question, but I'm not finding anything because I'm probably not asking the question correctly. I want everything on LAN (igb1) to run normally but everything on OPT1 (ix0) goes through a VPN tunnel.
VM or dedicated hardware ?
I’m considering setting up a PfSense firewall in my very humble homelab.
Certain data is "invisible" to pfSense
I've encountered an issue where certain data seems to be invisible to pfSense. When I look at the traffic graph, I see the data coming in/out, but the IP address of which host is creating that data never appears in the list (with bandwidth in/out numbers). I use BandwidthD to monitor data usage and it also fails to register the data usage.
pfSense on a computer vs Netgate Device
I was interested in hearing everyone's opinion whether you run pfSense on a computer/server or a Netgate purchased device and what advantages you see to it.