# Plex for Linux/Windows without an account?

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**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-linux-windows-without-an-account/879760 "2024-06-10T11:18:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![anya677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@anya677](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anya677)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-linux-windows-without-an-account/879760/1 "2024-06-10T11:18:22Z")

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Server Version#: plexmediaserver\_1.40.2.8395-c67dce28e\_amd64  
Player Version#: Plex for Linux/Windows 1.94.1.155

Can I connect to a server on local network using a desktop application without an account? On the server I set enableLocalSecurity=“0” and allowedNetworks="192.168.0.1/24, but the program does not find the server.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-linux-windows-without-an-account/879760/2 "2024-06-10T11:22:14Z")

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Plex cannot be used without signing into an account.

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**Author:** ![anya677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@anya677](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anya677)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-linux-windows-without-an-account/879760/3 "2024-06-10T11:28:36Z")

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If I signing into an account, but do not have Internet access in future. Will the plex work in local network?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-linux-windows-without-an-account/879760/4 "2024-06-10T11:29:40Z")

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No. You cannot use Plex without a semi-permanent internet connection.

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**Author:** ![anya677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@anya677](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anya677)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-linux-windows-without-an-account/879760/5 "2024-06-10T11:36:48Z")

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Thanks for your reply!

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**Author:** ![EatMyShorts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/eatmyshorts/32/321778_2.png) [@EatMyShorts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/EatMyShorts)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-linux-windows-without-an-account/879760/6 "2024-06-10T11:56:31Z")

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Fixing this in the future would be a good idea. I installed PLEX to see how it stacks up to Emby and so far I’m not impressed.

Emby if I lose internet thus access to my online TV services I can still use Emby till the Internet is back up.

Emby server in on installed OS does not affect a Emby server installed in in another OS installed on the same machine. PLEX wants to access both servers which means unlike Emby part of PLEX is constantly online. That was a poor design feature on PLES’s part.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-linux-windows-without-an-account/879760/7 "2024-09-08T11:57:21Z")

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