# Access Plex On The LAN

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/access-plex-on-the-lan/494844>\
**Category:** Remote Access\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [November 22, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/access-plex-on-the-lan/494844 "2019-11-22T15:49:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![john.a.gaskell\_gmail.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/john.a.gaskell_gmail.com/32/160558_2.png) [@john.a.gaskell\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/john.a.gaskell_gmail.com)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/access-plex-on-the-lan/494844/1 "2019-11-22T15:49:41Z")

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Can Someone advise if it is possible to get the standard plex players to read my plex server on locally on the LAN without the need to have to go out of the LAN to the internet and then back in again,

Cheers

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/access-plex-on-the-lan/494844/2 "2019-11-22T15:55:15Z")

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Yes, this should even be the default.  
In some cases, if your router has something called ‘DNS rebinding protection’, it is necessary to create an exception rule from this for the domain `plex.direct`.  
(See [https://support.plex.tv/articles/206225077-how-to-use-secure-server-connections/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/206225077-how-to-use-secure-server-connections/) for detail info)

Sometimes it is necessary to use the Google DNS servers, instead of those supplied by your ISP. (usually a setting in your router as well)

And make sure that the Plex server is indeed in the _same_ local network segment as your players. If you run it in a VM or “containerized”, this is not necessarily the case.

Using several “router”-type devices in a home network can be an issue, as well as can be the use of “Mesh”-routers. Because both can cause segmentation of the local LAN.

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**Author:** ![john.a.gaskell\_gmail.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/john.a.gaskell_gmail.com/32/160558_2.png) [@john.a.gaskell\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/john.a.gaskell_gmail.com)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/access-plex-on-the-lan/494844/3 "2019-11-22T15:56:39Z")

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Many thanks. I will take a look later this evening

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/access-plex-on-the-lan/494844/4 "2019-11-25T14:18:05Z")

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Many thanks for the help. I was able to get the player to read the media server on the local LAN, which is great.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/access-plex-on-the-lan/494844/5 "2020-02-20T15:51:21Z")

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