So if that’s the case there’s an option to take the Chromecast to somewhere where you have internet, setup a router with the same SSID & Password, so then the Chromecast will accept it, complete the connection, & it should be all good. I’ve had mine turn off when there was no WiFi without an issue, & I’m pretty sure I set one up to a new network that didn’t have WiFi, but I can’t remember what the situation for that was exactly. But I am very confident that if you set it up with internet on the WiFi for at least the 1st time it connects it should be fine. I’ve actually had a few days where I had unplugged the WAN from my router because we were just about to go over the monthly data cap & just a few weeks ago that meant no internet for like 2 days. So I know it currently works.
The problem with this is that you aren’t just connecting to your phone to authorize, you have to remain on your phone’s hotspot the entire time, & that means all the local traffic is going through the phone. That’s problematic for most, especially since the idea is to use Plex without internet, & this solution is giving the internet & local traffic through your phone. I’ve had limited luck with using the phone as the same SSID as the home WiFi, have it on just long enough for Plex to authorize, then jump back to the home WiFi, but the best devices that worked with that were Game Consoles, either the PS4, the XBox One, or both. The Chromecast I had some success with it, but there was a time we were trying to switch the signed in User on a device & it didn’t work on the Chromecast.
Lost, I did that - I set it up at my house where there is internet.
Took all of the pieces and went to the other house - I am not having this connection issue.
I will try again - maybe I did it wrong or forgot to turn on that radio button.
It seems way to complicated for something that should just work - but everyone wants the internet so their devices can track and feed you.
If so are they on the same frequencies? 1 being a 5Ghz & the other 2.5Ghz could be causing those issues, less likely, but if they are both the same protocol G(3) or N(4) or AC(5) or WiFi 6 then check the channels they are on. Also if you have no internet i have seen devices loose connectivity in crowded areas when the Router decides to swap channels, so choose 1,11,6 if you are on 2.4 & make sure it’s not on “Auto”
So what I did was buy a used wifi hub and set up the entre thing on that hub - then I just took the entire setup from my place and installed it where there was no internet.
So everything was the same, just without internet access.
Do you mind sharing the model of the device?
When you say “WiFi Hub” I think something like the Verizon Jetpack WiFi Hub but I assume you mean a cheap router, but it’ll make a huge difference if you are using something like that instead of an old Asus RT-AC68U or even an old Linksys or Nightawk or a Edimax BR-6478AC or Netgear DGND4400
Been a while since I updated my struggles with this - I have a new challenge that I am hoping someone can help with.
Since the last time, I found an old Apple Airport Express that I thought I would try instead of the cheapo router I had. I was having problems with the internet connection not working right.
So now, I have a google tv (with remote), airport express, and a WD My Home Cloud drive.
I set everything up, and the internet connection stayed (I am running things without any internet).
I decided to connect everything with an ethernet cable to avoid any issues with the wifi.
When running plex on the google tv after about 10 minutes I get a spinning circle and the movie stops. I waited to see if it was buffering or something, but the circle just stayed spinning. I backed out of the movie and resumed it from where it stopped - and things picked up like normal.
Anyone have any ideas? Any thoughts on where I might look to see what is going on?
This has been a problem since an update like a year ago. It happens sporadically but since it’s “fixed” by exiting the movie/episode & resuming the thread about it pretty much was told “it’s not broken it’s a problem with each of your setups that just so, coincidentally, started happening to everyone at the same time after an update”. When I have a chance I’ll see if I can find that thread, but no help was ever provided, just a dozen or so users saying they had the same problem you are describing
I can also confirm that I have this issue and exiting and going back again resolves this issue. This issue is with Internet connection working, as I have not tried to use Plex without internet. I know that this was not an issue in the past and do not remember when this issue started for me.
My setup - Plex Server on QNAP NAS, Shield Pro (2019) connected to my Android TV. All connections are using ethernet.
I haven’t been able to find the thread, but I believe people had the same problem with different devices & Online/Offline both had the issue. I don’t use WD Home, so definitely not limited to that.
The entire offline PLEX setup is quite frustrating.
I am guessing some of it is the devices… the WD home is more of a easy use drive and has less detailed configuration, the Google TV is ok, but no internet really messes with these things, and the airport express is surprisingly simplistic…
I took the hard drive only home with the hopes of adding moves and then returning it…
Nope, took it back and nothing can find the plex server.
No easy way to enter into configuration menus, no close internet… now finding out that things may go to the spinning screen without any possible fix…
I have enough invested in this that I am going to have a hard time switching.
Which GoogleTV device are you using? The Chromecast with GoogleTV actually works very well with no internet for Plex.
I had major issues with FireStick, it wouldn’t connect if there was no internet on the WiFi unless you were connected to it before the internet went out, but if it restarted wouldn’t connect, even then there were issues where it might just realize it & drop the network connection which is stupid since it can only have 1 WiFi at a time.
Roku at one point would say “Oh, that WiFi has no internet so I’m gonna disconnect from it” which was annoying but I believe that was fixed at one point.
The Chromecast however would let me connect to a WiFi that has no internet at all, it just pops up a thing saying “Hey, no internet” I even, at one point, connected the server to a new Router, connected the Chromecast to that router, & accessed Plex with no issue when there was no internet.
The device was already signed into Plex, & I couldn’t switch users of course, & the server had the same static IP on the new Network that it had on the old one. I don’t know if those things made a difference.
I have mine on Windows 10 Pro, I have it running Outside of Docker because the Docker version is more complex with limitations for no real benefit IMO.
I’m running an i7-3770, so it’s an old system, that connects to the router with a wired ethernet cable.
I have a DHCP Reservation on my Router for my server, plus I have the server set using a static IP with the reserved IP.
The DHCP Reservation means that the DHCP Server (aka The Router in most cases) will not assign that IP to other devices & will assign that IP whenever that MAC connects
Static IP means that the device will not request an IP from the DHCP server.
In my case I’ve run into issues when a network interface reset will cause the computer to not connect to the router until it is reset. That’s fine for a computer, but for a device that is only accessed via RDP it means that I have to go connect a monitor & keyboard/mouse to it, then access it in a very inconvenient position to restart it. This setup prevents that from happening. That’s value to me.
I also have a very specific IP setup, & the server sits in a range that is in the middle of that range. I have a block of 10 Reserved IPs that, aside from the couple NAS & Server devices that have slots already, are left Reserved but without MACs assigned. This essentially just means that they’ll be not given out to other devices & nothing more.
That’s also value
It doesn’t hurt anything to have it that way. I wasn’t telling anyone else to use it, as it is a redundant thing, but he asked what my setup was. I was including everything that could, even if unlikely, have an impact on it.
Nothing I said was incorrect.
If you believe otherwise can explain how the setup you have such a problem with has any sort of negative effect on anything?
My comment was about helping with the question asked. I shared how my setup was. It was done the way it was to fix problems, your dislike for it is fine, but it’s anecdotal to the question & not helpful.
If you assign 192.168.1.99 as a Static IP on your Plex server then set the DHCP Range to be 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.254 DHCP would not interfere with your Static IP.
As you said, doing it the way you are shouldn’t cause any issues.
