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.
********* UPDATE April 2020 *********
Confirmed that when the Internet goes out Scenario #1 the Plex client and server cannot see each other on the LAN. It is looking for DNS on the WAN to connect.
I read about this somewhere in the forums before. I think the trick is to turn of remote access in the Settings > Remote Access page, and then make sure Enable local network discovery (GDM) is checked on the Settings > Network page.
This was a year ago, so who know if modern versions still work like that.
For the second scenario, you could use the new windows player to download the videos to a Laptop/Nuc that also has Plex Media Server installed and carry that to the cottage. PMS could then server up the downloads.
Scenario 1 - It should just work. When the internet goes out, the app can’t verify your account so it should default to the last user that was signed in. As long as this matches what your server is signed into, you should still be able to connect. If you were signed is as a user that doesn’t have access to your server, then this won’t work. The work-around in this case would be to get to your server using Plex Web and sign it out. Then on your clients, you also sign out. Now you can access your server on a local lan without needing account info.
Scenario 2 - Follow the second part of the above response of signing out. If nothing is signed in, the clients and server should be able to see each other. There are a few clients that cannot find the server over a local network (Smart TV apps, for example), but the Roku and AppleTV should be fine.
