@keithfulcher this workaround has allowed everyone remote to use my server, so its definitely working for iPad, Xbox360, and XB1. I guess it works for all apps.
Yeah I really need native support for this too. My iSP (WebPass) just moved me over to IPv6 and I’m stuck in the water right now. I really hope this makes it up the priority list, it shouldn’t be hard to implement.
@biotech@gmail.com said:
Yeah I really need native support for this too. My iSP (WebPass) just moved me over to IPv6 and I’m stuck in the water right now. I really hope this makes it up the priority list, it shouldn’t be hard to implement.
Can you get it to work, using one of the workarounds described previously?
Also, they have been talking about “fixing this” for over to years… I dont think anyone at Plex gives a ■■■■… but hopefully soon some of them will be migrated to IPv6 addresses as well and I am sure then it will be addressed quite quickly…
@lawbaer said:
Can you get it to work, using one of the workarounds described previously?
Technically I can get it to work, but it’s not practically working for me. The proxies are barely able to stream one connection and I usually have several going at the same time. So no, the workarounds aren’t working for me…
+1
However, I’ll still have no IPv6 on no LTE or my employers LAN, so not so much benefit.
@shindigg said:
However, I’ll still have no IPv6 on no LTE or my employers LAN, so not so much benefit.
Yeah - I encountered that problem too. CloudFlare offers a free (and fast) IPv4/IPv6 proxy which works well. Takes a bit to get set up, but its been working well so far. Really just a temporary workaround for me though.
Hope this helps.
+1. I’ve got amazing fast internet, and I can’t stream plex because it doesn’t support ipv6 with myplex.
@shindigg said:
However, I’ll still have no IPv6 on no LTE or my employers LAN, so not so much benefit.
@Machination said:
I’ve got amazing fast internet, and I can’t stream plex because it doesn’t support ipv6 with myplex.
I think this is going to be a growing problem with the transition to IPv6. I have amazing fast internet too, and none of the free IPv4 → IPv6 proxies are fast/stable enough.
Question for everyone on this thread - I’ve been contemplating setting up a paid IPv4/IPv6 proxy service. It would be very performant (~3-5Gbit dedicated backbone) and allow not just Plex redirection to your IPv6 server, but any type of service (like web services, VPNs, etc).
Would anyone here be interested in something like this? If so, what would you be willing to pay per month for this service? If there’s enough interest and it makes financial sense, I would consider building something…
@tkeeler33 said:
@shindigg said:
However, I’ll still have no IPv6 on no LTE or my employers LAN, so not so much benefit.@Machination said:
I’ve got amazing fast internet, and I can’t stream plex because it doesn’t support ipv6 with myplex.I think this is going to be a growing problem with the transition to IPv6. I have amazing fast internet too, and none of the free IPv4 → IPv6 proxies are fast/stable enough.
Question for everyone on this thread - I’ve been contemplating setting up a paid IPv4/IPv6 proxy service. It would be very performant (~3-5Gbit dedicated backbone) and allow not just Plex redirection to your IPv6 server, but any type of service (like web services, VPNs, etc).
Would anyone here be interested in something like this? If so, what would you be willing to pay per month for this service? If there’s enough interest and it makes financial sense, I would consider building something…
I might be (read: probably am) missing some technical know. how here, but aren’t services like http://www.feste-ip.net/ (sry, most of it is in German only - but google translate should do the deed) basically already offering this service (for a price). I only have IPv6 as well and am paying about 5€ (about 5USD) a year for this and it works well… I have 10mb/s of upload an have yet to notice any lag. It also works in connection with my VPN.
Of course, all of this would be moot if Plex would FINALLY get around to fixing this issue, which they have been promising for over 2 years now…
@lawbaer said:
I might be (read: probably am) missing some technical know. how here, but aren’t services like http://www.feste-ip.net/ (sry, most of it is in German only - but google translate should do the deed) basically already offering this service (for a price). I only have IPv6 as well and am paying about 5€ (about 5USD) a year for this and it works well… I have 10mb/s of upload an have yet to notice any lag. It also works in connection with my VPN.
Of course, all of this would be moot if Plex would FINALLY get around to fixing this issue, which they have been promising for over 2 years now…
Hi @lawbear, generally it works as you described, but the main issue with this on my side is the poor IPv6 support on my Unitiymedia Cablemodem.
The IPv6 “firewall” is just a single switch (on or off). If it is off, I can use what you are suggesting above, even with free alternatives (e.g. http://freedns.afraid.org/ and some linux scripts running locally). I had it off for testing purposes and it really works.
However, as there is no NAT layer inbetween anymore, this “firewall” setting leaves all IPv6 devices on my LAN exposed to the internet without any firewall.
This week I’m supposed to get a raw Cisco 3212 modem and then I’ll be able to use the real IPv6 firewall and the DDNS features inside my ASUS Router.
Then I should be able to get it working again …
@mkoerner said:
@lawbaer said:
I might be (read: probably am) missing some technical know. how here, but aren’t services like http://www.feste-ip.net/ (sry, most of it is in German only - but google translate should do the deed) basically already offering this service (for a price). I only have IPv6 as well and am paying about 5€ (about 5USD) a year for this and it works well… I have 10mb/s of upload an have yet to notice any lag. It also works in connection with my VPN.
Of course, all of this would be moot if Plex would FINALLY get around to fixing this issue, which they have been promising for over 2 years now…
Hi @lawbear, generally it works as you described, but the main issue with this on my side is the poor IPv6 support on my Unitiymedia Cablemodem.
The IPv6 “firewall” is just a single switch (on or off). If it is off, I can use what you are suggesting above, even with free alternatives (e.g. http://freedns.afraid.org/ and some linux scripts running locally). I had it off for testing purposes and it really works.
However, as there is no NAT layer inbetween anymore, this “firewall” setting leaves all IPv6 devices on my LAN exposed to the internet without any firewall.This week I’m supposed to get a raw Cisco 3212 modem and then I’ll be able to use the real IPv6 firewall and the DDNS features inside my ASUS Router.
Then I should be able to get it working again …
It might be worth having an entire separate thread (maybe on a different forum) about proper IPv6 routers, as I’ve been having my own problems with that. I know that my problems have to do with the router firmware, but I’ve not had much luck finding an alternative firmware that properly supports IPv6 and iptables6 as well as it does IPv4 and iptables.
That includes Asus’s standard firmware, the Merlin Asuswrt firmware, dd-wrt, and (i believe) tomato or some other version.
I guess that I should move to something more business class, but I paid a fair amount for the AC68R, seems ridiculous to get something more.
@tkeeler33 said:
@shindigg said:
However, I’ll still have no IPv6 on no LTE or my employers LAN, so not so much benefit.@Machination said:
I’ve got amazing fast internet, and I can’t stream plex because it doesn’t support ipv6 with myplex.I think this is going to be a growing problem with the transition to IPv6. I have amazing fast internet too, and none of the free IPv4 → IPv6 proxies are fast/stable enough.
Question for everyone on this thread - I’ve been contemplating setting up a paid IPv4/IPv6 proxy service. It would be very performant (~3-5Gbit dedicated backbone) and allow not just Plex redirection to your IPv6 server, but any type of service (like web services, VPNs, etc).
Would anyone here be interested in something like this? If so, what would you be willing to pay per month for this service? If there’s enough interest and it makes financial sense, I would consider building something…
Personally, I’d have to evaluate the benefits before paying for something like that. I’ve found that the port mapper at myonlineportal.net has been fast enough to support my family (and occasionally my own) usage, so I’d have to see the benefit before paying for that.
@lawbaer said:
Of course, all of this would be moot if Plex would FINALLY get around to fixing this issue, which they have been promising for over 2 years now…
There are really 2 problems with Plex & IPv6:
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The first is that Plex doesn’t register an IPv6 friendly hostname in your accounts resources.xml. That file is used when you access the plex apps to discover your server without a manual configuration. What they currently do (to work with their SSL certs) is create a DNS record in the format ..plex.direct:. This service works just like xip.io for easy dns to ip translation. The problem is that these services don’t currently support converting an IPv6 address to a DNS record. I think this is what most people want when they say IPv6 support for myplex.
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The 2nd problem (which Plex can’t solve) is not all networks support IPv6 just yet. So even if problem #1 was solved, if you are on an IPv4-only network you still would not be able to connect to your Plex server. This is where services like myonlineportal.net, sixxs, and feste proxy traffic via back to your Plex server. It sounds like these services are performant enough for personal/single connections. I suspect as these services grow, free bandwidth will be a problem (hopefully not).
There is technically a 3rd problem, and that is most consumer routers don’t have proper IPv6 firewall configurations. It’s usually just enable or disable. What’s needed is the ability to open a port for Plex to the servers static IPv6 address. (NAT is no longer existent/needed w/IPv6).
Hopefully Plex staff reads this thread and can start working on fixing the first problem.
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I installed my new modem today and it works.
My ASUS router has an built-in DDNS service which I’m now using in combination with the “Custom server access URLs” field (Settings/Server/Network and “Show Advanced” activated).
Here is a step by step example for ASUS RT-AC66U routers (maybe adaptable to other models and manufacturers):
- Register your router for their DDNS (WAN/DDNS) by selecting a hostname and wait for the registration confirmation (e.g. xyz.asuscomm.com).
- Go to Port Forwarding (WAN/Port Forwarding) and forward an external port of your choice (e.g. 54321) to the port 32400 on your PMS.
- Go to your IPv6 Firewall (Firewall/IPv6 Firewall) and enable it and make your settings for the external port from 2
- Go to your PMS settings and enter the custom URL as follows: DDNS URL from 1 with external port from 2 or 3 (e.g. https://xyz.asuscomm.com:54321). I entered both, http and https.
For me Plex is now remotely accessible (green tick in Server Settings) and I tested it even via the 4G connection (IPv4-only) from my phone’s Plex App.
I also finally got a stable IPV6 connection using the feste-ip.net DDNS/Portmapping. If anyone wants to know how I can explain it. I tried to use the DDNS that AVM has built in, but it was always “forgetting” its self unless I logged into myfritz to wake it up.
+1 Let’s get this standard implemented!
@mkoerner said:
For me Plex is now remotely accessible (green tick in Server Settings) and I tested it even via the 4G connection (IPv4-only) from my phone’s Plex App.
Nice, thats cool. I would guess that your ISP provides a publicly addressable IPv4 address?
I don’t think these steps would work if you have a private NATed IPv4 from your ISP, because Asuscomm is only registering your IPv4 address. At least as far as I can tell:
$nslookup -query=AAAA mydomain.asuscomm.com
Server: 10.66.0.10
Address: 10.66.0.10#53
Non-authoritative answer:
*** Cant find mydomain.asuscomm.com: No answer
Authoritative answers can be found from:
asuscomm.com
origin = ns1.asuscomm.com
mail addr = dns\@asuscomm.com
serial = 42
refresh = 28800
retry = 7200
expire = 604800
minimum = 30
$ nslookup mydomain.asuscomm.com
Server: 10.66.0.10
Address: 10.66.0.10#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: mydomain.asuscomm.com
Address: {myISPsPublicIP, not my routers IP}
But on another note:
I updated my Asus RT-AC68R to AsusWRT-Merlin’s 380.57 build and my IPv6 firewall configuration is finally working, so I’m secure, and accepting connections via PortMapper for external connections, and all is good.
@tkeeler33 I’m still interested in finding a US based IPv4->6 solution to reduce delays, but things are working so I’m happy.
@timpotter said:
@mkoerner said:
For me Plex is now remotely accessible (green tick in Server Settings) and I tested it even via the 4G connection (IPv4-only) from my phone’s Plex App.Nice, thats cool. I would guess that your ISP provides a publicly addressable IPv4 address?
I don’t think these steps would work if you have a private NATed IPv4 from your ISP, because Asuscomm is only registering your IPv4 address.
@timpotter, it’s a DS Lite connection, so I have an ISP-NATed IPv4 and a public IPv6 address. I just tried the asuscomm DDNS and it immediately worked …
Can’t tell you what is going on on Asus’ side.
@mkoerner said:
@timpotter, it’s a DS Lite connection, so I have an ISP-NATed IPv4 and a public IPv6 address. I just tried the asuscomm DDNS and it immediately worked …
Can’t tell you what is going on on Asus’ side.
Odd, do you get a AAAA record for your DDNS? I definitely still don’t fully understand all the nuances of IPv6, it makes my head spin sometimes.
Anyways, glad things are working for you!
Adding my name to the list of users who want proper IPv6 support. Im lucky to currently have Public IPv4 and IPv6, but I still prefer Ipv6 for all traffic. and at this point in time all programs should be supporting it.
