Local network Plex: no direct connections

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Hello,

I have tried these settings and still not working. I cannot stream locally. I have the same issue as the above.

I opened the firewall. I am using a DD-WRT Netgear 7500v2 router Firmware:[ DD-WRT v3.0-r35531 std (03/26/1]

I am running plex server on windows OS.

No local apps (web / apps / tv / xbox / android) all are remote.

Any ideas? I disabled DNSMasq as well.

Thanks

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Don’t. Just feed it the right parameter:
See Plex server on Windows 7 machine will not allow browsing using loopback url - #4 by OttoKerner
(Point 2 in particular)

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How do I set the DNS rebinding on dd-wrt?

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I found this. Put it in my CMD line on my router and startup. Still no change.

Thanks

Modem/Router Settings

We can’t provide instructions for all possible configurations, but the most common scenarios for this issue include using “dnsmasq” (often on DD-WRT based routers), and using pfSense. You may need to consult your router’s documentation for more details about DNS rebinding protection.

DNSMASQ

To allow secure connections to work correctly on the local network if you are using “dnsmasq” with DNS rebinding protection enabled, you will need to add the following line to your configuration file (the “advanced settings” box in DD-WRT):

rebind-domain-ok=/plex.direct/
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This option works for me.

Didn’t you say you disabled dnsmasq in a previous attempt?
Re-enable it.
Then reboot the router.
After a few minutes, reboot the server.
After another few minutes, restart the clients.

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ya. still not working.

Running plex on windows server 2016 inside a domain joined network.

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Any thing else you can think to make this work? Anything played on local network is worse than remote.

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Not without log files and some more info on your particular network layout.

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Are you saying that Windows is handling DNS, and not dd-wrt now?

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So my DHCP Server on Windows Server 2016 is set to point DNS 1 - 8.8.8.8 and DNS 2 - 8.8.4.4 at the moment because I am trying to see if anything works. It was the IP of the router and local domain server.

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this is also the Local IP setting for plex server running 2016

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Both IPs are not in an address range for private networks. This is a big issue.

Your router has the IP 77.77.77.1
You have defined a different IP (77.77.77.2) as the network’s DNS server.
What kind of machine is this?

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Ok,

Will I need to change the IP’s to a 10.0.10.X or 192.168.x.x?

The 77.77.77.2 is the Windows server 2016 desktop computer // it runs DHCP / Local DNS / Domain Controller / PXE server / IIS.

Thanks for your help

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Yes. It is never a good idea to use a publicly routable IP block if you don’t own it.
There is a 3rd address block for private use, btw.

Can you change that, so your dd-wrt is the DNS server? I don’t know how to teach the Windows DNS server to allow Plex’s particular way of assigning a FQDN to your local Plex server – and it looks like you did this work already in dd-wrt.

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Hello,

So I do run a domain server for local use on the domain controller computer. That is used for controlling user accounts and domain joined computers and PXE ect.

If the 77.77.77.XXX are internal does it matter at all? does this have an affect on plex?

It is recognizing the local ip’s now that we can see in activity but still willl not play the media locally, only way to accomplish this is to go threw DLNA on VLC or SMRT TV.

Anything you need or i can provide you to help me solve please let me know.

Thanks, Viggen

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Sorry, I don’t know how to help you here. If you are using a publicly routable IP block for your private network, Plex won’t work as designed.

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