Internal / remote traffic explanation

[jimmy1987]

Server Version#:1.15.3.858 docker
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I’m wondering something, normally I have a plex server at home on a Gbit connection so i’m not worried about any traffic.

Now I’m on vacation and I brought a smaller version to watch some series here, the cabin I’m at has a 4G connection, now I’m connected to it on it’s LAN IP, had to sign in to Plex and now I can play things, so far so good.

However, when i look at the dashboard it shows the traffic as remote while the server mentions it not to be remotely accessible (it shouldn’t be). How can I be sure now it doesn’t throw all the traffic over 4G i’m playing? I would guess if using it’s LAN IP it should be local traffic, right?

Update:

I would guess so looking at the logs:

Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.144 [0x7f61371aeb38] Debug — Request: [192.168.1.40:51383 (Subnet)] GET /video/:/transcode/universal/session/2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se/1/47.m4s (21 live) TLS GZIP Signed-in
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.145 [0x7f61371aeb38] Debug — [Transcode/2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se] Asked for segment 47 from session.
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.145 [0x7f61371aeb38] Debug — [Transcode/2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se] Returning segment 47 from session
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.145 [0x7f61371aeb38] Debug — Content-Length of /transcode/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se-b7b6064e-bf3d-4e3c-84d3-482efc922af1/init-stream1.m4s,/transcode/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se-b7b6064e-bf3d-4e3c-84d3-482efc922af1/chunk-stream1-00048.m4s is 78179 (of total: 78179).
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.146 [0x7f6139c34b38] Debug — Completed: [192.168.1.40:51383] 200 GET /video/:/transcode/universal/session/2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se/1/47.m4s (21 live) TLS GZIP 2ms 78179 bytes (pipelined: 98)
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.584 [0x7f61365b1b38] Debug — Request: [192.168.1.40:51383 (Subnet)] GET /video/:/transcode/universal/session/2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se/0/47.m4s (21 live) TLS GZIP Signed-in
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.584 [0x7f61365b1b38] Debug — [Transcode/2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se] Asked for segment 47 from session.
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.584 [0x7f61365b1b38] Debug — [Transcode/2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se] Returning segment 47 from session
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:53.585 [0x7f61365b1b38] Debug — Content-Length of /transcode/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se-b7b6064e-bf3d-4e3c-84d3-482efc922af1/init-stream0.m4s,/transcode/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se-b7b6064e-bf3d-4e3c-84d3-482efc922af1/chunk-stream0-00048.m4s is 17841514 (of total: 17841514).
Aug 22, 2021 11:28:54.276 [0x7f613a03fb38] Debug — Completed: [192.168.1.40:51383] 200 GET /video/:/transcode/universal/session/2ns61lyo4np205wqet49d1se/0/47.m4s (21 live) TLS GZIP 692ms 17841514 bytes (pipelined: 99)

[tom80H]

Sorry, I’m not actually clear about that cabin-mode yours and the log snippet isn’t adding much to that.

What do you mean by “I brought a smaller version”?
Did you create a dedicated server that’s running locally in that cabin?

As for your cabin network… I take it you have some kind of router that has a 4G internet connection and allows for your devices to connect to it through a local WIFI or wired connections – including your server?!

As a reference… that kind of setup should work. If you’re streaming from your cabin-server to a device in that cabin-network, the streaming should happen inside the network. Plex should only use the 4G to authenticate your account / Plex Pass status (same if you start adding media to the cabin-server, refresh its metadata or stream some online media sources or media from your main server).

PS: also not quite sure about the version of PMS you’re running. PMS 1.15.3 is ancient (released in April 2019) – if you’re running your server in a docker container, that should have updated at some point when you restart the container

[jimmy1987]

Seems I was actually looking in the wrong spot for the version, I’m on server Version 1.24.0.4930.

Did you create a dedicated server that’s running locally in that cabin?
Correct, it’s just a less big server then the one I have at home

As for your cabin network… I take it you have some kind of router that has a 4G internet >connection and allows for your devices to connect to it through a local WIFI or wired connections >– including your server?!
Indeed, the server is connected to the 4G router by means of an ethernet cable and the laptop over wifi to the same router.

Good to know that it should be indeed local to the network, that it downloads the metadata and authorizes over the 4G was expected, since I run a plex home it needs the authentication.