Some time ago, plex changed the way it handles clients that aren’t logged into the plex.tv service. While I have a plex pass and appreciate the intent, this causes difficulty in my personal use case.
There appears to be an option in the server settings that would allow for clients to not be logged in (networks allowed without auth), however this only applies to servers that are not logged in.
I’ve been using a very very old release of plex (pre 1.1) for a long long time. I’d really like to be able to use a current release, if only not to be reminded a server update is available every time I open plex.
Why isn’t having a server being logged in but allowing any connection on my local lan something that is possible? I have a VPN into my home and any device that’s outside the house is connected that way. Being logged in causes devices to attempt to route data out through the internet at large and then back into the house even though they are all on the same wireless network.
On my roku, which previously opened directly to the server that was configured using the manual connection settings, I am now required to click on the servers drop down and select my server even though it is the only one configured – even with the server and the roku logged in!!
Can we please get an option to disable all of this? If it’s on my own personal network, which is secure enough for my own standards, why can’t I allow any incoming connection? I understand the “protect users from themselves” mentality but at a certain point if I’m comfortable with taking that risk I’d like to be able to do that.
It’s a minor annoyance but maybe I’m not the only one with this frustration??
Why isn’t having a server being logged in but allowing any connection on my local lan something that is possible?
it is possible. I have a few devices set up like that for testing. I just checked my iPad and it sees my local server fine without the iPad being signed in. IP address of device entered in IPs required without auth. are your devices on the same subnet?
@BigWheel said:
Why isn’t having a server being logged in but allowing any connection on my local lan something that is possible?
it is possible. I have a few devices set up like that for testing. I just checked my iPad and it sees my local server fine without the iPad being signed in. IP address of device entered in IPs required without auth. are your devices on the same subnet?
If I’m on native wifi (same subnet), it works as expected. If I’m on the VPN (different subnet), the web browser seems to work, however I’ve never gotten it to work on the iOS app.
Not sure what difference the subnet makes - both networks are added to my “allowed” list.
172.18.254.0/24,172.18.253.0/28 is how I have it entered in the settings – I’ve tried it as 172.18.254.0/255.255.255.0,172.18.253.0/255.255.255.240 as well and get the same result.
If you’re signed into the server does it only assume stuff on the server’s subnet are allowed without auth?
If that’s the case can we just get a feature request to enable the manual settings even if the server is logged in? Although I understand the business rational of making people purchase plex pass to stream from outside their home on their mobile devices, I think that there are enough other motivators to encourage plex pass (I use it for mobile sync) that it’s just money-grabby to force people who have the networking know how to have a direct connection to their house to pay up. Especially those of us who were using this software exactly like that long before plex had a solution for that problem built in.
