Is my own wifi network seen as remote?

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I have read so many posts tonight, but none quite cover my question..

I understand there is now a plan to pay for to remote watch things from my media server. I have been running it for years, and love the whole eco system..

To put something on my TV, i start the stream on my android, then cast it to the TV.

until this week!

when i hit play on the mobile, it says i need to get the watch pass to remote view anything.. this is when i am at home, and within my own network..

surely this isnt seen as remote?

please any help would be gratefully received

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To answer your question no. Wifi is still local network. I suspect there is something going on in your end that is forcing it to connect via mobile data (maybe).

In the network settings check your LAN Network settings.

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You can also see it in the Plex dashboard whether the connection is local or remote.

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thanks for the confirmation it should work..

I turned mobile off and only network was wifi, still tried to charge me!

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Is your PMS on a different subnet than the one your Plex client is on?

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Thankyou.. you pointed me the direction, and i found the issue.

it was something more silly than the subnet..

I run a VPN on the machine the media server is on.. when i did an ipconfig i spotted the second network.. the disadvantage of using my main machine as the media server.

Thanks for taking me through the steps!! truly appreciated.

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This gives me more info to help others, thanks! I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about this.

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I am troubleshooting the same issue but I cannot find that exact “LAN Networks” setting in any of my PMS menu. Can you share a wider screenshot showing where it is ?

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It’s in Settings → Network

But I’m sure it probably has nothing to do with how Plex detects “remote” play in terms of Plex Pass as someone could just type in a web IP to override the PP requirement, lol.

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This field is clearly not in my menus.

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I also confirm that my NAS (running PMS) and my phone are both on the same subnet 255.255.255.0 and are both on the same netwotk 192.55.1.x

So I am very much clueless as to why the Plex App on my phone is unable to stream anything without trying to sell me remote plex watch.

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Oh wow, maybe it is a Plex Pass only option.

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Is your NAS now employing containers? If so, the container with PMS in it can still be on a different subnet, because by default Docker is inserting a NAT layer between the machine’s network (i.e. the NAS’s) and the container.
Look for a checkbox to set the container to use the “host network”, thus removing the additional NAT layer between the PLex server and your local network.

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I invite you to come my main post for my current problem:

I’m not sure it,s wise to manage the same issue on 2 posts…