# Local client connecting as remote
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [January 21, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699 "2023-01-21T10:17:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@BGaun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BGaun)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/1 "2023-01-21T10:17:35Z")
Server Version#:1.30.2.6563
Player Version#:1.62.2.3451-fb8ac0ae
First off [Here’s some things I’ve tried](https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/10hlikx/local_clients_connected_as_remote/)
My local clients are connecting as remote to my plex media server and I am unsure why, even after specifying local network ranges for ipv4 and ipv6. Any help would be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@BobSnot](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BobSnot)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/2 "2023-01-21T10:21:34Z")
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/206225077-how-to-use-secure-server-connections/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/206225077-how-to-use-secure-server-connections/)
read the DNS rebinding section.
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### Author:  [@BGaun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BGaun)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/4 "2023-01-21T10:42:53Z")
Thank you for the reply, I just changed my DNS servers to Google’s on my host pc, my local client, and my router. Unfortunately this did not solve my problem.
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### Author:  [@djfriday13](https://forums.plex.tv/u/djfriday13)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/5 "2023-01-21T16:57:25Z")
You need to adjust settings in the router to turn DNS rebinding off or add an exception depending on router. Read the info from the link he posted below DNS rebinding.
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### Author:  [@BGaun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BGaun)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/6 "2023-01-21T19:36:23Z")
I don’t see any DNS rebinding option on my router, I do however see [Dynamic DNS](https://i.imgur.com/hA6l4ZH.png) would that help?
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### Author:  [@djfriday13](https://forums.plex.tv/u/djfriday13)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/7 "2023-01-21T20:17:55Z")
What router is it?
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### Author:  [@BGaun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BGaun)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/8 "2023-01-22T05:27:35Z")
[Netgear Nighthawk C7800](https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/modem-routers/c7800/)
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### Author:  [@BGaun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BGaun)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/9 "2023-01-22T11:12:56Z")
[Plex Media Server.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/1MpyK4rF331JZTMaca5e5FHpPML.log) (6.3 MB)
My plex briefly showed as Nearby on my local client, for about 3 mins, 4:53 to 4:56 I believe. I personally am convinced my problem has something to do with IPv6 as the allowed network range is IPv4 and in this log from 4:53-4:56 the IPv4 address is shown as Allowed Network. Is there a way to force my local client to be seen as the IPv4 address? Disabling IPv6 on my local client makes the plex server unreachable so that is not an option.
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### Author:  [@djfriday13](https://forums.plex.tv/u/djfriday13)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/10 "2023-01-23T15:28:34Z")
i dont use ipv6. also not clear why disabling on the local client would cause a server to be unreachable. Do you have this box checked under the network settings of the PMS?
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### Author:  [@BGaun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BGaun)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/11 "2023-01-23T19:36:19Z")
Yes I do, I tried disabling it and then PMS started crashing on startup, I’ve tried a fresh PMS install a couple times but it seems like I’ll just have to keep trying because it seems IPv6 is my problem.
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### Author:  [@djfriday13](https://forums.plex.tv/u/djfriday13)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/12 "2023-01-23T19:53:11Z")
you might need to replicate that then post those logs and hopefully someone that knows more than me can look at them. I’ve never heard of that nor do i see anything in google. are you saying a fresh install without ipv6 enabled crashes every time?
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### Author:  [@BGaun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BGaun)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/13 "2023-01-24T06:43:03Z")
[Plex Media Server logs.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/hog5JdqPHU72zva1w3eY7fubs5Y.zip) (344.2 KB)
Correct. I looked up the error I’m receiving and it seems like the port 32400 may be in use by another application and that could be causing my problem.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/14 "2023-01-24T09:14:20Z")
Verify that you are not running several instances of Plex server concurrently. Use the Windows Task Manager.
For instance, if you installed PMS under an “Admin” Windows account, but are using a different Windows user account for your regular work, PMS might be running already inside the Admin account. Verify that you have only one Windows user account logged in.
Other software which sometimes clashes with Plex are Torrent clients and FTP servers. Make sure you don’t have anything of that kind running before starting Plex.
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But once PMS is running, you can exclude interference over port 32400 as a reason for the initial problem. PMS will simply not run at all if it cannot bind to port 32400.
The “DNS rebinding protection” issue cannot be solved by picking a different DNS server.
(at least not when the issue affects clients which are in the same local network as the Plex server)
I am pretty sure that your router model has the necessary setting in its configuration menu.
If actually it doesn’t, consider swapping its firmware with the open source “dd-wrt” firmware (or other open source router firmware – if available for this router model). It does have the necessary configuration option.
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### Author:  [@BGaun](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BGaun)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/15 "2023-01-24T09:50:28Z")
Hey thank you for the reply and information, I ended up reverting back to Windows 10 and my problem was solved. I’m disappointed I couldn’t get it figured out but I appreciate everyone’s help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-client-connecting-as-remote/827699/16 "2023-04-24T09:50:42Z")
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