# Plex Media Server Causing Internet Connectivity Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-causing-internet-connectivity-issues/845887 "2023-06-29T04:42:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![JaysPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaysplex/32/281767_2.png) [@JaysPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JaysPlex)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-causing-internet-connectivity-issues/845887/4 "2023-06-29T15:09:51Z")
May help point you in the right direction if you’re having trouble finding what you need > [@Plex Media Server Causes Bizarre Cyclic Internet Drops](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-causes-bizarre-cyclic-internet-drops/819013/7): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-causing-internet-connectivity-issues/845887)._