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 i…

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

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. [image] You can also see it in the Plex dashboard whether the connection is l…

thanks for the confirmation it should work.. I turned mobile off and only network was wifi, still tried to charge me!

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 tak…

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

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 ?

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.

This field is clearly not in my menus. [Settings - network 1] [Settings - network 2] 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 unab…

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

[image] famil230: 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 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…

I invite you to come my main post for my current problem: [image] Remote streaming vs local network streaming in new app General Discussions It might not have been a problem before the plex pass remote streaming update joy I’m hoping this is the problem, coz that would be…

Is my own wifi network seen as remote?

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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…

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Is my own wifi network seen as remote?

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