# Cannot connect with browser on local network (Android works) **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-docker\ **Created:** [December 8, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-connect-with-browser-on-local-network-android-works/934335 "2025-12-08T04:53:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WessJ03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4af34b/32.png) [@WessJ03](https://forums.plex.tv/u/WessJ03)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-connect-with-browser-on-local-network-android-works/934335/1 "2025-12-08T04:53:37Z")
I have Plex (lifetime pass) running within a Docker container on my Unraid server. I’ve had issues connecting remotely occasionally but I am suddenly having problems connecting thru my web browser even when on my local network (both wifi and hard wired). I’ve tried the regular [app.plex.tv](http://app.plex.tv) address as well as trying port 32400 on my Server (i.e. 192.168.xx.xx:32400). Oddly enough, I have two android devices that connect fine thru the Android App. I am able to see play files from my local libraries with no issue. I am not able to connect using a browser on those Android devices though. I had set up a VPN on my Deco router earlier in the day. I can’t see how setting up a VPN would affect anything with a local connection, but in any case I tried disabling it and have now deleted it. I have also tried toggling UPNP on and off but it doesn’t seem to make a difference. Since I can’t connect to the web player, I am not able to view change any settings on my Plex server. Besides, I haven’t changed any settings on it for quite a long time. I have updated and reset my Plex container, rebooted my router, and rebooted PC’s. I’ve tried connecting on a different browser, and signing out and back in of my account in the browser. I’m pretty much out of ideas. Any help out there? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-connect-with-browser-on-local-network-android-works/934335/2 "2025-12-08T08:36:34Z")
You need to update your server software version. [Plex Media Server - Security Update - #3 by PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-security-update/928341/3) - Ensure that your container is set to use “host network”. - Remove or disable any browser add-ins which manipulate web pages and DNS records. - Tell your browser that the website [app.plex.tv](http://app.plex.tv) [shall have access](https://forums.plex.tv/t/important-note-about-chrome-and-firefox-local-network-access/933264/1) to the local network - tell your web browser that any website ending with `.plex.tv` shall have the right to store cookies in your browser - Ensure that your network doesn’t have an issue with DNS rebinding protection. [https://support.plex.tv/articles/206225077-how-to-use-secure-server-connections/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/206225077-how-to-use-secure-server-connections/) ---
**Author:** ![WessJ03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4af34b/32.png) [@WessJ03](https://forums.plex.tv/u/WessJ03)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-connect-with-browser-on-local-network-android-works/934335/3 "2025-12-10T04:25:55Z")
Well I got this resolved. Apparently my network tinkering was the cause of my connection problems. I was having some connection issues with certain features in my Unraid server, so I figured the problem was more than something in Plex. I did a factory reset on my router/wifi and everything immediately worked. Now I just have to figure out how to get the VPN’s that I want set up without messing something up with my connection again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-connect-with-browser-on-local-network-android-works/934335/4 "2026-03-10T04:26:28Z")
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