# Plex Streaming on LAN as WAN

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-streaming-on-lan-as-wan/462973>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-streaming-on-lan-as-wan/462973 "2019-09-17T18:36:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![tronixs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tronixs/32/127220_2.png) [@tronixs](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tronixs)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-streaming-on-lan-as-wan/462973/1 "2019-09-17T18:36:32Z")

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Hi Folks,

I am a big friend of Plex and like this tool but as an IT Geek I need sometimes for test my Hyper-V on Windows 10 - 1903.

My Problem is now with activated Hyper-V that any started stream is running over WAN Network.  
On a normal installation there is most one network adapter but with Hyper-V there is a new one called vEthernet (Default Switch)

So my SERVER has the IP 192.168.0.100 with PLEX  
My Networkcard has the IP 192.168.0.106  
My vEthernet has the IP 172.17.243.129

If I now start a video so I can see on the server that I come as an external Viewer with my public IP address and this is not so good if I want to look 4K videos or others.

My question is now that someone has the same issue and how to solve it without uninstalling of Hyper-V?

Thanks a lot and I hope it´s explained clear enough. 😉

greetz  
AAJ

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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:** [September 17, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-streaming-on-lan-as-wan/462973/2 "2019-09-17T19:33:29Z")

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Try  
Settings - Server - Network - ‘Show Advanced’ - “LAN Networks” = `192.168.0.0/24`

You might have to stop and restart the server afterwards.

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**Author:** ![tronixs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tronixs/32/127220_2.png) [@tronixs](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tronixs)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-streaming-on-lan-as-wan/462973/3 "2019-09-19T21:48:54Z")

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Hi,  
this I’ve configured with 192.168.0.1/24 and change it to yours but it doesn’t help or work.

My stream from my PC from PLEX will run over WAN Network.  
Only if I uninstall HyperV as Feature all is fine but not an Option for me.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/6/4/6437ad6514834f8349cb7f09839738f2b5eaa1a9.png)

Other or more ideas welcome! 😉

Short Update:  
If I connect over the DNS Name of my server so I will be streaming over WAN.  
If I connect over the IP Adress of my server so I will be streaming over LAN.

Little bit confusing why this so is, eventually because plex will connect in the background to PLEX.tv with my account and so it means I come from external 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:** [September 20, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-streaming-on-lan-as-wan/462973/4 "2019-09-20T05:47:09Z")

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Don’t use your custom domain name.  
There is no need to use it, particularly in the local network.

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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:** [December 19, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-streaming-on-lan-as-wan/462973/5 "2019-12-19T05:47:10Z")

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