Hi. Thanks for hearing my question. I’ve been using Plex for over 5 years now. Love the product. Early Plex pass supporter. Can’t get enough.
Last week my neighborhood lost internet connection and I was unable to use Plex on my google nexus player. It’s worth noting thatI do have the beta version of android running on that device.
No to my question. Has Plex changed to require and internet connection? Is it the Plex home that I have setup that has caused this? Is there and way to make Plex completely usable offline? Even if I’m not able to use the Plex home feature can I still connect to my Plex server internally without a connection?
Sorry if this is a silly question but not having the option to be completely offline will eventually be a problem for me with future plans if homesteading.
As of 0.9.17.0, security was increased due to the number of requests. As part of that, by default, PMS now requires you to sign in. The key here is ‘by default’. There are some devices and some configurations or situations where this isn’t always optimal.
To address that need, you can specify which IP addresses and / or clients using a network address/netmask, which do not need to authenticate.
If you look in Settings - Server - Network and scroll down, you’ll see where you can specify
“Comma separated list of IP addresses or IP/netmask entries for networks that are allowed to access Plex Media Server without logging in. When the server is signed out and this value is set, only localhost and addresses on this list will be allowed.”
If your local lan is 192.168.1.x, with netmask 255.255.255.0, you can specify a string of 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0. This will allow anything on your subnet to access your server without needing to authenticate.
The one downside to this is you won’t be able to access your Plex Pass features when the internet is down but you will at least be able to access your local content normally.
