Plex Media Server Causing Internet Connectivity Issues

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Plex Media Server Causes Bizarre Cyclic Internet Drops

I may have figured it out and it is a similar situation to the original poster. If you go into the settings for your modem, CenturyLink includes a “cyber security” function in the advanced settings of the modem, something which I had not ever noticed before. From what I have been reading, it seems to be a basic firewall run off of McAfee software. After reading other unrelated forums in which people complained about how this setting blocked functionality of various programs that require the ab…