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Server Version#: 1.32.6.7557

Having a really weird issue with my media server. Been running it for years and never had an issue, but just moved house and set it back up again. I’m stuck with an issue where ‘Remote Access’ says it’s fine, then I go off that selection and go around the server, come back and it’s not accessible again. Ports on my router and on my server hadn’t changed, but I’ve deleted them and remade them. I even remade them using the ‘default’ port setting of 32400, but that was even worse.

Basically:

  1. Custom port setting (54321) - Works initially, then drops off. Works via relay.

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  1. Standard setting - Doesn’t work even via relay.

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So I’ve managed to get it working on the default port (32400). Does anyone know how to change the port forwarding on unRAID for Plex? I think what the issue is that the Docker Container wasn’t accepting the traffic in on 54321.

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Is it using Host networking? GitHub - plexinc/pms-docker: Plex Media Server Docker repo, for all your PMS docker needs.

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It is using host networking at the moment.

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I think what I need to do is change a port on the docker instance. Any idea if that’s possible and how to do it?

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Either the port where this red arrow is, or the other side:

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that seems fine but I am not a Docker expert.

are you actually port forwarding? Those screenshots above from your router look like just firewall rules not a port forward. ( but some routers label things weird so I may be wrong)

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Hi, yeah, I am. Sadly the Sky Router doesn’t allow you to do PAT. So the port you open up has to be the same on both sides of the router.

It basically allows you to say “any traffic on this port, forward to this IP address on the same port”. So my only choices are:

  1. Install another router/firewall that allows me to change the port being forwarded (I.e. Listen on port 54321 and forward to port 32400).

  2. Implement some form of port forwarding on Docker where Docker listens on Port 54321 and forwards to port 32400 for the application.

Number 2 is preferred because number 1 means I’ll have to revise my IP address schema, set up local network access, etc etc. But in order to do that, I need to figure out how to add ports to the Docker instance.

Thank you for sticking around BTW. Posted on a few forums and got nothing back.

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Bump!

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Hi @Skatman88,

The ports you see in Docker are the LAN ports, For example, below is my setup

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But I am using a different static port (eg;8888) for remote/WAN access. I then have it setup on my router to forward that port (8888) from public to the private IP of 10.0.0.50 and port 32400 in Plex.

Looking back at your screenshots, and the limits you mention with the Sky Router, it might just be easier to use the default port of 32400 on the WAN side, and set it manually in the Plex Web interface?

I did find this guide that seems to suggest you can use Port forwarding with Sky Broadband to setup a service and then allow WAN port to forward to it

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Yeah, it’s certainly easier to do it that way, but I just don’t like the idea of using standard ports.

I am beginning to feel that you are correct given the limitations of the Sky Router.

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