Installing and Accessing Plex Media Server on Synology

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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I’m having trouble accessing my Plex Media Server from my computer after installing it on my NAS. I’ve searched the forums and have been working this for 2 days with little progress. Hoping someone might have some new ideas for me to try.

Here is my setup:
Plex Media Server 1.13.2.5154
DSM 6.1.7
DS218+ (with a fixed IP address assigned from the router)

I downloaded the Plex Media Server from the website. Did the manual install and ran the server. When I went to access the server thru the webpage I get the ‘Looking for servers…’ message. There were several posts about being sure to disable the firewall and VPN settings and I’ve done that. I’ve also done several start/stops of server to remove plexmediaserver.pid and Preferences.xml (as documented in previous posts). And I’ve done several uninstalls/installs with no luck.

Any ideas or help anyone could provide would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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My NAS and computer are both on the same network and have ip addresses in the 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 ranges.

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I did not setup a VPN on the NAS; the only VPN I have is setup thru the router itself.

I only referenced the VPN in my initial post because it was part of your help guide and that I had checked to make sure it was disabled.

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Ok, I’ll remove the VPN and see if solves the issue.