Server Version#:1.22.1.4228 Player Version#: 1.29.1.1974-a65b3ef3 (all devices really) I just lost internet at my house due to a storm. I found out that Plex will not work at all, even on the server device without an internet connection. What I am able to do from something like the Windows clien…

[image] [HowTo] Use Plex with No Internet Tips, Tricks & How-Tos I’ve seen far too many posts regarding “can’t connect to Plex with no internet”, and an uprising/outcry always ensues. It eventually settles down, but the lack of single point resources can be frustrating. I’…

This will NOT even play back on the SERVER machine unless I connect it to the internet as well. It has worked well in the past with no internet and I had already gone through most of that. Thanks for assuming I’m stupid, I guess? No words, no help, just paste a post from 2 years ago I’ll also add …

Does no one have any actual solutions? Has anyone else even tried this to see if this is a bug? I had a friend complaining of similar issues a few weeks ago and we all thought he was crazy too.

You’ll need the internet to initially set things. Server Security - Preferred, not Required or Disabled. Clients (ALL) - Fallback to insecure on local network only Once that’s done - with internet - reboot everything and you should be good. I don’t know if you have some internal network somethin…

[image] JuiceWSA: PMP/PfW/PfM/Plex HTPC won’t work during an outage Can’t confirm that. I had an outage yesterday and every player worked. It just took a few additional seconds before the homescreen appeared after the start. Even the web app works if you tell your browser to not delete the c…

During one of the big Plex.tv outages (and a few local ISP versions of same) PMP (old) or PfW were as dead as Plexweb. If that changed - that’s good. I have internet today - can’t test it.

I already had the server set to preferred and allow fallback on local. I think the big thing that’s getting looked over here is that I can’t even play anything from 127.0.0.1 on the server machine without internet. Something has changed. This has always worked well for me in the past. I can connec…

You can’t set Client Security at the Server. <—except for Plexweb - that’ll be dead anyway, probably. Each Client Device must be allowed to fallback to insecure on the local. <–in it’s Plex App Client Settings.

I do have each client set to fall back on an insecure connection. It was already set that way. If I use the server machine as a player as well through 127.0.0.1 it still refuses to play but will show me my entire library.

[image] WarriorMan256: If I use the server machine as a player You mean you use a dead Plexweb and it doesn’t work? I’m not surprised. Usually during an outage I’m watching something on one of the Rokus… I hardly notice, but if I have to use Plexweb for something - I keep watching the Rokus…

Does plex require internet now?

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Does plex require internet now?

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