# How to enable remote access / port forwarding

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-enable-remote-access-port-forwarding/776753>\
**Category:** Remote Access\
**Tags:** server-nvidia-shield\
**Created:** [February 16, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-enable-remote-access-port-forwarding/776753 "2022-02-16T18:19:23Z")\
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Try browsing to [https://plex.tv/api/resources?X-Plex-Token=your\_plex\_token\_here&includeIPv6=1](https://plex.tv/api/resources?X-Plex-Token=your_plex_token_here&includeIPv6=1) to see if your server’s IPv6 address is being advertised to Plex’s servers; mine is. Work is being done, and my understanding is that with the correct setup, fully-IPv6 remote access actually works with some clients (mostly Apple, I believe).

By correct setup, I mean allowing access to your public network on TCP port 32400.

There’s more information here:

> [@Ipv6 support for myplex](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ipv6-support-for-myplex/36520/360):
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> iOS and tvOS apps were updated in September to “Support IPv6 server addresses” And indeed, if you add “includeIPv6=1” to an authenticated request to [https://plex.tv/api/resources](https://plex.tv/api/resources), if a server is properly configured for IPv6, you should see an IPv6 address along side IPv4 addresses: \<Connection protocol="http" address="2607:5300:de:ad:be:ef" port="32400" uri="http://[2607:5300:de:ad:be:ef]:32400" local="0"/\> So it looks to me like work is being done here, and with the right combination of se…

[Edit]  
You can find your Plex authentication token using the Information in this article:  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/204059436-finding-an-authentication-token-x-plex-token/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/204059436-finding-an-authentication-token-x-plex-token/)

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