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Hi everyone,
Checking my router configuration i noticed that Plex open ports and redirects them to the correct local network IP. I’m wondering how does it opens them.
I’m pretty sure that Plex uses curl post, but since I didn’t find anything on Google or in the source code, I came up with the idea to ask here. I posted in this category because it is “remote access”, but if I am in the wrong category please let me know.
Thanks!
If your router supports UPnP and has it enabled, that’ll allow systems in your home network to establish their own (automatic) port forwarding. If you enable Plex‘ remote access and don’t give it a manual configuration, Plex will attempt to use UPnP to publish your server.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200289506-remote-access/
It makes sense. Although it is possible to do it with CURL, it would be necessary to do a different configuration for each router (and, of course, know each password).
Thank you Tom! I was thinking about this topic for a couple of days.
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