Server Version#:1.25.6.5577
Player Version#:4.69.1
These 4 messages are constantly popping up in the plex logs, and I can’t figure out what’s wrong. I know it’s not connecting to the ip, but I don’t know why. I also can’t figure out who the ip belongs to. Any help would be appreciated.
169.254.0.0/16 is private Class B IP address space. You can’t use those on the public Internet. If I had to guess, something Windows-based somewhere (your network?) ended up choosing that by default after DHCP timed out.
Try Settings > Network and select your interface there and check if it changes.
That’s APIPA address and it’s attributed to your interface by your own OS when a DHCP is not available, and as said by the other person, it’s only used for local connection.
Nothing is wrong, you can ignore these messages. This is normal chatter, not an error.
As @CostaIP says these are Link-local addresses. There’s a device on the local network with this address.
Plex sends out regular “discovery” messages looking for peers and media devices. A device is responding to these “discovery” messages, but then the computer can’t communicate with it.
Many devices use these addresses automatically when they don’t have a “real” address. This could be almost any device with a wired or wireless connection. It could be a computer that has multiple interfaces connected. It might be a router or a speaker, or anything of that sort.
And some networked cameras or other devices always listen on link-local addresses.
It may be possible to see the IP Address → MAC Address mapping in the arp table on the server. arp -a in a command prompt.
