How to stop plex server being accessed from outside house

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1

Hi,
My plex server is constantly being accessed outside house every time the server starts.
According to logs

Dec 13, 2018 20:48:56.412 [8032] VERBOSE - ProcessGetDescription for http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469/DeviceDescription.xml from 46.214.15.110:43561
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:56.412 [8032] VERBOSE - Mapped client to generic profile: DLNADeviceName.lge.com: %5bLG%5d%20webOS%20TV%20LH590V; User-Agent: Linux/3.10.23-74.deua.5 UPnP/1.0 LGE WebOS TV LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.6.0/05.30.15 DLNADOC/1.50; Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469

it seems that plex server can’t/won’t show my wifi hosted network to select for prefered network interface.

For List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth i only have my ip from wifi.
DLNA client preferences also has same wifi IP
and with all these setting, my server it keeps being accessed over the internet.

So how to stop this other than disabling the network adapter.

2

Sorry, but that provides no information at all. Please provide the entire log.

3

that should be enough. i’m not on windows right now to start the server again.
i’m only talking about the fact that the server is visible all over the internet.
the rest of the log (before these last lines) are information about how the server started/how many profiles were loaded…etc. basic info

edit:
i manage to retrace the path for logs

Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.458 [3584] INFO - Plex DLNA Server v1.14.0.5470-9d51fdfaa - Microsoft PC x64 - build: windows-i386 - GMT 02:00
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.459 [3584] INFO - Windows version: 6.2 (Build 9200), language en-US
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.459 [3584] INFO - 16 3394 MHz processor(s): Architecture=0, Level=23, Revision=257 Processor Identifier=AMD64 Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 1, AuthenticAMD
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.459 [3584] DEBUG - “C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Dlna Server.exe”
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.460 [7248] DEBUG - Unique device name = 88bb8ff6-01eb-c95e-0124-7c5cc33fc0f5
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.460 [7248] DEBUG - DLNA server port: 32469
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.460 [7248] DEBUG - PMS: http://127.0.0.1:32400/
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.460 [7248] DEBUG - MyPlex: https://plex.tv/
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.541 [7248] DEBUG - Reading system DLNA client profiles
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.808 [7248] DEBUG - Read 22 DLNA client profiles
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.817 [7248] DEBUG - DLNA device discovery enabled every 60 seconds
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.825 [7248] DEBUG - Initialization complete
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.834 [7980] VERBOSE - ProcessGetDescription for http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469/DeviceDescription.xml from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:56852
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:55.834 [7980] VERBOSE - Mapped client to generic profile: Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469; Connection: close
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:56.412 [8032] VERBOSE - ProcessGetDescription for http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469/DeviceDescription.xml from 46.214.15.110:43561
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:56.412 [8032] VERBOSE - Mapped client to generic profile: DLNADeviceName.lge.com: %5bLG%5d%20webOS%20TV%20LH590V; User-Agent: Linux/3.10.23-74.deua.5 UPnP/1.0 LGE WebOS TV LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.6.0/05.30.15 DLNADOC/1.50; Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:56.413 [7416] VERBOSE - ProcessGetDescription for http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469/DeviceDescription.xml from 46.214.15.110:43562
Dec 13, 2018 20:48:56.414 [7416] VERBOSE - Mapped client to generic profile: DLNADeviceName.lge.com: %5bLG%5d%20webOS%20TV%20LH590V; User-Agent: Linux/3.10.23-74.deua.5 UPnP/1.0 LGE WebOS TV LGE_DLNA_SDK/1.6.0/05.30.15 DLNADOC/1.50; Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469
Dec 13, 2018 21:00:02.909 [1852] VERBOSE - ProcessGetDescription for http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469/DeviceDescription.xml from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:59211
Dec 13, 2018 21:00:02.909 [1852] VERBOSE - Mapped client to generic profile: Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469; Connection: close
Dec 13, 2018 21:00:07.903 [6892] VERBOSE - ProcessGetDescription for http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469/DeviceDescription.xml from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:59234
Dec 13, 2018 21:00:07.903 [6892] VERBOSE - Mapped client to generic profile: Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32469; Connection: close
Dec 13, 2018 21:00:14.700 [7248] DEBUG - Stopping UPNP server

4

That is the log from the Plex DLNA server. DLNA does not normally work over the internet. You must have turned on the Windows feature to share your files over the internet. This is a Windows thing, not Plex. It’s called Media Streaming. Google how to turn it off.

5

Thats not true.
Lets asume thats true (which is impossible) then why would plex assign a DLNA profile to a windows thingy.

Plus from windows i’ve remove all media features (from windows components).

6

Plex uses profiles to identify devices. This is meant for devices on a local network. DLNA by it’s nature only works on a local network. Windows Media Streaming feature allows outside devices to connect back to your network as if it was local allowing DLNA to work. There are no setting for Plex’s DLNA server except to turn it on or off. If other devices are connecting to Plex’s DLNA server, it’s not Plex that opened that connection.

Or, the only other thing I can think that would cause entries like that is if your computer is on a public IP address. Then all the connections on your network will appear to be from the internet.

7

Yes my computer has public ip and i definitely don’t want plex to use it. how do i change that? i have no option to bind plex only on the local ip

8

It is not possible to bind Plex to only using the local IP.