Server Version#: latest version
Player Version#: latest version
Hi Everyone,
I know we live in the world of “high speed internet”, but it doesn’t mean it is always 100% available.
My question is, if I am using Roku or Apple TV in my house connected to LAN which also connected to a real dedicated server Dell Poweredge R510 Server with Windows Server 2019 and the latest version Plex Media Server.
How can I use my Roku and my Apple TV to access my local LAN Plex Media Server when the internet goes out from a thunderstorm or a bad snow storm, etc.
I have the Plex Life Time pass.
I know Plex uses your Plex account to connected the client players to the Plex Media Server, therefore it is always relying on the internet.
So how can I access the Plex Media Server from those client players such as Roku and Apple TV when the internet goes out? There times when it is so bad we loose a day of internet.
Or another scenario, I have a cottage out in the country where there is no internet, how can I get my Roku and Apple TV Plex player client connect to the Plex Media Server on the same LAN. And for the sake of people who ask how we get the movies and TV shows there, we copy the content to an external SSD drive and bring them to the cottage.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
FYI - Plex client cannot automatically default and look for LAN Plex Server when the internet goes out. (As someone indicated as an assumption).
Plex client is using DNS to lookup WAN address.
Now that we are in isolation, the ISP providers is are having a hard time in some areas to keep with the bandwidth and usage of all the users.
I am hoping someone out there or even Plex will have a version or a patch that will allow local streaming.
*** also running a VLC or Windows Media player from a computer is not a solution, I have my mother in-law who only knows how to use the Apple TV and Roku to look for her content ***
What I am requesting is very specific.
For Example, on Steam - you can set offline mode - so when the internet goes offline, you can still locally authenticate your steam login and access your games to play locally as a LAN or play as single player. Same concept is what I am looking for in Plex.
Thank-you for understanding.
