{"id":1753,"date":"2024-04-29T14:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2024-10-21T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:37:31","slug":"plex-connected-indirectly-via-lan-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/2024\/04\/29\/plex-connected-indirectly-via-lan-locally\/","title":{"rendered":"Plex &#8211; Connected Indirectly via LAN locally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-repeated\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#3a2241\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1787 is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:49% 29%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/plex_blog.png);\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc04<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong>: When connecting locally to your Plex server, on the same LAN you receive a notification you&#8217;re connected to Plex indirectly. I was able to access Plex locally via the https:\/\/localIP:3200 without issues and it stated I was secure. When I went to Plex.tv it showed I was connected indirectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_52_01-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_52_01-Window.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_52_01-Window.png 250w, https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_52_01-Window-82x80.png 82w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The port forwarding was properly configured and confirmed with an online <a href=\"https:\/\/portchecker.io\/\">portchecker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_55_40-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_55_40-Window.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_55_40-Window.png 997w, https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_55_40-Window-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_55_40-Window-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/www.onebyte.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-04-29-15_55_40-Window-105x80.png 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1>Solution<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>I was using PFSense firewall. I navigated to Services \/ DNS Resolver<\/li>\n<li>Scroll down to &#8220;Custom options&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Add the below and save<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">server:\nprivate-domain: \"plex.direct\"<\/pre>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description: When connecting locally to your Plex server, on the same LAN you receive a notification you&#8217;re connected to Plex indirectly. I was able to access Plex locally via the https:\/\/localIP:3200 without issues and it stated I was secure. When I went to Plex.tv it showed I was connected indirectly. 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