# Local login

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-login/777995>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-login/777995 "2022-02-24T00:52:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-login/777995/3 "2022-02-24T15:57:55Z")

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See if this link helps with local login

> [@New plex user … question about lan only streaming](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-user-question-about-lan-only-streaming/777843/4):
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> By default, Plex will try to authenticate users that connect to your server using the Plex API servers. This prevents outside users from being able to just connect to the server and browse everything. Even if remote access is off, it still uses authentication to verify who is “allowed” to view your server’s content. If you want to disable that, you can. You need to tell each client to allow “insecure connections”. This means that if authentication cannot be done, they may try to connect to …

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