Hello Everybody!
I’m having some troubles using Plex with Local Connection.
The situation is:
I’m using Plex Player (last version) on my LG Smart TV to stream contents. The TV is connected via WiFi to my main Modem;
Plex Server is running on my PC, which is cable connected to a Secondary Router. The Secondary Router is cable connected to the Main Modem. If I’m not wrong this is called Cascade Router Connection.
The “problem” is that the Plex Player on my Smart TV is Remote Connecting to the Plex Server on my PC. Maybe this is obvious, as the Player and the Server are running on different routers, but this causes the stream to be slower.
I’m wondering if there’s a way to use Local Connection with my configuration?
Thank you in advance for any help!!
Because my main Modem couldn’t cover all my home with connection, so I needed another router in different place to cover the rest of home with connection. I connected them with a cable through the wall.
I’ve a setup similar to yours. I’ve my secondary router setup as a AP and it gets its IP of the main router. It all works locally. I’ve tried using bridge networks and run into problems but it works perfectly as a AP.
Yeah, you want that second router in “AP mode”.
It means, that the router shall switch off “NAT”, “DHCP server” and “DNS resolver” functions and work only as an “access point”.
If the firmware of your router doesn’t provide this functionality, you can try to find a compatible, alternative firmware for your router hardware, at projects like DD-WRT or Tomato.
Only if you consider it a Pro, that all network clients which are connected to the second router, cannot communicate directly with the clients on the first router and vice versa.
Using two routers is practically splitting your network into 2 parts, which cannot see each other. They can only see the internet.
I’m by no means a network expert but APs work very well for me and your setup sounds similar. I’ve a midsized house and 1 router just does not do the job so the AP fixes that. If you can hardware each router via their lan ports so you don’t lose any bandwidth (network powerline adapter if you have to).
Then probably the only concerns is channel overlapping but as long as you set each router to use different channels for its radios then you should be okay.
Anyhow, as a general rule of thumb I try to live by is, wire as much as can and only use wireless as a last resort (phones, tables etc…). If you can connect via a cable then do it
@anon5074910 and @OttoKerner have it right. By running two separate routers (as routers) you have created a situation were your client and server are on different subnets. This is why the devices do not consider each other “local”. Since this is really about wireless coverage, all you really want to do is extend one network so it covers your whole house.
You could use actual wireless extenders, but running a separate wired access point (or a router operating in access point mode in your case) is better, as it will allow faster speeds and more reliable connection since there will be just one wireless “hop” from the second wireless network to the router, instead of two (device to extender, extender to router).
The main benefit to running two routers as routers is it adds another firewall and layer of NAT between the devices on each network, which might be useful if you were in a shared-living situation and wanting to keep your devices separate from your roommates for various reasons. Or if you had a server with Internet-facing services on the primary router and you were worried an attacker might compromise that system and gain access to other devices on the LAN through it.
It shouldn’t but without knowing your setup in depth I could not say for sure. What I would recommend is that on your primary router you enable [Use Router as DHCP Server] and assign a static ip from it to your PC.
Once all the setup is complete restart everything and your PC should pickup the IP from the router and you should be good to go.
hoping this works