Plex Media Server Network Connection as "Indirect" - How to Fix it?

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When I connect to my Plex Media Server within my home Network, the Plex Player shows that the connection to the server is “indirect”. How can I fix this issue?

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Check your computer’s firewall. Indirect indicates one or more of the needed ports cannot be reached and the entire connection is being routed out and back via plex.tv

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543147-What-network-ports-do-I-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall-

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@ChuckPa said:
Check your computer’s firewall. Indirect indicates one or more of the needed ports cannot be reached and the entire connection is being routed out and back via plex.tv

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543147-What-network-ports-do-I-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall-

Thank you very much. That was the solution. But it worked only after i choose to allow “non-secure” connection. Is that normal?

Also, as second question which is somewhat related, I have a Intel NUC that I have dedicated as a Plex Home Theater player. The NUC runs on Windows as well. Do I have to setup any ports on the NUC as well?

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The reason for allowing non-secure is precisely those cases when the LAN client can’t establish the HTTPS connection (doesn’t support it). In the home environment, on encrypted Wifi or hard-wired , ‘allow non-secure’ or ‘preferred’ is fine…

Regarding the NUC, I do not have any setup information for that but I’m sure there’s something in the support pages . Also , there are many in use. If you search threads for “NUC setup” i’m sure you’ll get a lot of hits.

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Thank you again.