Hi Plex/Peeps I’m experiencing an issue with the recent changes to Plex’s remote-access requirements. I understand that Plex has introduced a monthly subscription for remote access through their servers, but my setup does not use Plex’s remote servers, nor should it require a paid subscription. My…

@michaelvickers807 PMS will not accept self-signed certificates (if you want to attach it to PMS) Use of a FQDN forces the connection to be considered REMOTE (even if local). I avoid the problem by registering hostnames in my DNS Resolver (my router). This way, I can use hostnames and let …

Try adding your local IP networks so it’s knows what to consider local. https://support.plex.tv/articles/200430283-network/

If the client access is coming through a gateway, it is considered “remote”. A VLAN is exactly that: a way to split one LAN into several separate ones, and if one of them wants to communicate with one of the others its packets have to go through the router. Considering the target audience for Plex…

I’m running into the same issue, but without vlans. Using the IP directly in the browser works, but I usually access my server through its hostname, using chimera.local. chimera.local now says I need a remote play pass, when it didn’t like a month ago? And that’s on top of the latest version simpl…

Thanks for this Sean, I’ll have a read

example lets say subnet mask is 192.168.8.0/24 for ISP Home router and UDM-Pro-Max is 192.168.9.0/24

Thank you for your reply. I understand there’s a lot of complexity in developing Plex to work for many different setups, but this situation is still frustrating. I imagine many users in the media-server space will run into the same issue, especially those using multiple VLANs or segmented home netwo…

@Ros3 If it helps, I do something similar—I use self-assigned SSL certificates to create easy-to-remember links instead of relying on lots of IP addresses. It’s also great for people who are less tech-savvy, since it avoids asking them to enter a bunch of numbers. I’ve never had any issues with thi…

Do you have the version number or repo I can look into to see if this might fix my issue as well?

Local/Inter-VLAN Access Incorrectly Requiring Plex Remote Access Subscription

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OttoKerner November 17, 2025, 9:28am 6

Don’t use a domain name in your local network. It is not necessary and introduces additonal complexity.

See Client says it won't play from "remote server", although the server is local for additional things to check.

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Local/Inter-VLAN Access Incorrectly Requiring Plex Remote Access Subscription

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