# Plex sync only within same subnet as server
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-sync-only-within-same-subnet-as-server/221153
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [January 11, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-sync-only-within-same-subnet-as-server/221153 "2018-01-11T12:19:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Arnaud\_lefevre](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Arnaud_lefevre)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-sync-only-within-same-subnet-as-server/221153/1 "2018-01-11T12:19:43Z")
Hi,
I’ve seen a few mention on this in the forum but no dedicated feature request, so here I go:
It would be great to limit plex sync to when PMS and the app/player are on the same network. We can only limit mobile data use by sync or block remote PMS access but those don’t cover the same needs (ex: streaming may still be OK). Many of us still have metered internet access at home…
Limiting to the same network is probably the simplest route, even if geofencing could also work on players…
Thanks!
Arnaud
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### Author:  [@jfgilliam](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jfgilliam)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-sync-only-within-same-subnet-as-server/221153/2 "2018-01-11T13:11:00Z")
+1 Option to not sync on a metered network either would be nice. I have a router in my RV connected to a cellular hotspot. Router clients do not know they are on cellular, therefore, I set the network connection as metered.
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-sync-only-within-same-subnet-as-server/221153/3 "2021-06-19T14:23:19Z")
2021 clean-up: duplicate
> [@\[Feature Request\] Option to Sync only when on local server network](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-option-to-sync-only-when-on-local-server-network/229980):
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> Is there a way to limit Syncing to when the server is discovered to be local? I understand there is a toggle to enable/disable cellular sync, but I am asking specifically to only sync when on Wifi AND on the local network. The use case is that my upload at home is terrible, and the connection is metered. I would like to be able to queue up some conversions remotely, and have them download only when I get home. The other common use case is that I will set off a bunch of conversions when at home…