Can't connect to Plex Media Server from any device

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I have been using Plex on my Roku successfully for years. I even watched a movie with it last night. However, today when I tried to stream a show from my Plex Media Server (which is on my Windows 10 computer) to my Roku, it would not connect to the Media Server.

Note: I typically run NordVPN on my Windows computer, but after Plex couldn’t connect today, I turned it off. Everything that I list below I did with NordVPN turned off.

I signed out of the Media Server and signed out of the Plex app on the Roku. I even deleted the Plex app from the Roku altogether and then downloaded it again. I signed back into both (I signed into the Media Server first) but even then, the Plex app on the Roku says my Media Server is “unavailable”. I tried from my iPhone, but on the Plex iOS app, it says my Media Server is “offline”. If I launch the Plex app on the Windows computer itself and try to watch something, it works fine.

I have no idea what could have changed overnight to suddenly make it stop working.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I love Plex and use it all the time, and it’s terribly disappointing that it has suddenly stopped working.

I’ve uploaded the logs in case that is helpful.

Plex Media Server Logs_2021-08-11_19-28-21.zip (1.7 MB)

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I finally figured out the problem. Somehow a 2nd listing for the Plex Media Server showed up in the Window Firewall settings, and that listing wasn’t set to allow it to pass through the firewall. Once I set it to allow it, it started working on my Roku and iPhone again.

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