# Local streaming thinks it’s remote **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [October 18, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729 "2026-10-18T16:03:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ctimm1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@ctimm1981](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctimm1981)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/1 "2026-10-18T16:03:34Z")
Since the latest plex update whenever I stream at home it says I need to upgrade my account to stream remotely preventing me from streaming. But I’m at home and everything is on the same wifi. No other changes have occurred other than the app update. I am using apply tv and android tv. Any ideas on how to correct it? ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/2 "2026-10-18T16:06:44Z")
Just as a sanity check, can you verify the IP addresses/netmasks for your client and server? ---
**Author:** ![ctimm1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@ctimm1981](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctimm1981)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/3 "2026-10-18T16:24:46Z")
Just double checked it all and it all matches up ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/4 "2026-10-18T16:28:29Z")
Any vpn on the server? If so, disable it. Change dns on the clients to 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 or 1.1.1.1/1.0.0.1 to deal with dns rebind protection blocking local connections. If your router allows it, change the dns there. If there’s a dns rebind setting, you can disable it or add an exception for plex.direct. Reboot the router and clients if you make changes. Any custom network tools like a pihole running? Confirm no device isolation settings on the router that would block local devices from communicating directly. If server is on windows, make sure the network connection type is set to private, not public. Disable [plex relay](https://support.plex.tv/articles/216766168-accessing-a-server-through-relay/) and remote access in the plex settings so there isn’t a remote path for plex to connect. ---
**Author:** ![ctimm1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@ctimm1981](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctimm1981)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/5 "2026-10-18T16:54:58Z")
no VPN Changed on client and router no custom network tools no device isolation on router working off Mac mini both (relay, remote) now disabled Still the same except I cannot see the library now. No connection ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/6 "2026-10-18T17:02:11Z")
Is there a firewall active on the Mac Mini? Can disable it temporarily to see if that’s causing issues. The old apps didn’t enforce the pass requirement, so they may have always been going remote to connect and you didn’t know. Does your router/network have ipv6 enabled? If so, suggest disabling it. > [@ctimm1981](#): > > Still the same except I cannot see the library now. No connection This is expected since you took away the remote connection path. ---
**Author:** ![ctimm1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@ctimm1981](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctimm1981)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/7 "2026-10-18T17:22:56Z")
No firewall I disabled ipv6 now. Sadly issue still there ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/8 "2026-10-18T17:26:56Z")
Reboot/restart the server after disabling ipv6. Can you share the ips of the Mac and the clients? Is the wifi network a guest wifi network? On the Mac, open terminal, can you ping the ip of the appletv or the android client. From your phone, open a browser, can you reach `http://:32400/web` ? Might need to grab your [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) and share them. ---
**Author:** ![ctimm1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@ctimm1981](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctimm1981)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/9 "2026-10-18T17:46:51Z")
Rebooted. 192.168.2.19 No guest network My phone cannot reach that address but my browser on the Mac can. ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/10 "2026-10-18T17:55:26Z")
Your Mac will reach it since it’s the same computer as the server. It’s talking to itself. If your phone can’t reach the sever via direct ip, something in your router/network setup is isolating devices and not letting them communicate directly. That’s only one ip..what are the IPs of each client. ---
**Author:** ![ctimm1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@ctimm1981](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctimm1981)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/11 "2026-10-18T18:08:05Z")
Oops sorry. 192.168.2.39 192.168.2.17 ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/12 "2026-10-18T18:10:34Z")
They all appear to be on the same subnet. Who is your isp, what kind of router is it? Can only guess there’s some setting blocking devices on your router if you’ve confirmed the firewall is off on the Mac. Screenshots below showing it active and allowing incoming for the server on a Mac. ![Screenshot 2026-10-18 at 1.19.12 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/2/3/a/23a0c72166510369199f40fce1edc143fda542cd.png) ![Screenshot 2026-10-18 at 1.20.16 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/7/d/d7df6b44bc2365f1875fb5164d87dee1b09b0157.png) ---
**Author:** ![ctimm1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@ctimm1981](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctimm1981)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/13 "2026-10-18T18:26:30Z")
Bell (Canada) Home hub 3000 so it could be the router ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/14 "2026-10-18T18:39:27Z")
There’s an issue that was impacting bell Canada users and their GigaHub router. If remote access was enabled, it blocked local direct connections. Usually disabling remote access and removing any port forwarding rules on the router allowed local only again, I haven’t kept up with it, but you can search the sub for Bell and see if a fix ever came out. I can’t dig into it now, but will look a little later. ---
**Author:** ![ctimm1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@ctimm1981](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ctimm1981)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/15 "2026-10-18T18:50:40Z")
Ok thanks much for all your help so far ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-streaming-thinks-it-s-remote/944729/16 "2026-10-18T20:07:25Z")
Check your router and make sure there are no forwarding rules that may still exist for your server, if there are, delete them. As I said earlier, my guess is your previous apps were going remote to connect, and since they didn’t enforce the pass requirement, it just worked. Now that it’s enforced in the new apps, it won’t allow streaming and when disabled it won’t even connect. Here’s one of the threads, maybe you can reply there or mention them in this thread to see if they know of any updates. From what many of them said, when they disabled remote access and removed any forwarding rules, the local connections worked again…but then remote stopped. So it was one or the other. But you seem to be experiencing something slightly different since it won’t even connect locally with it all disabled. > [@Plex not connecting to home network clients (or indirectly). Only remote access/externally](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-connecting-to-home-network-clients-or-indirectly-only-remote-access-externally/938329): > > Server Version#:latest; 1.43.1.10611 Player Version#: various different devices OS: Win 11 Pro Started: 5-6 days ago ISP: Bell, modem: Gigahub 2.0. Server/Plex Connection: Ethernet Started maybe 5-6 days ago, randomly. Before that, everything was working fine for about 12-16 months. Plex Web UI and access works fine on the host server PC. Works fine with remote access, off home network, or on data, etc, However any other device, PC, or client trying to connect on the same network fails (wi… As of a month ago, there are still folks mentioning the firmware issue on the Gigahub when I did a quick search on Reddit in the Bell sub.