Remote access through ipv6 starlink

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Hello, I’m currently trying to get remote access to my plex server, i had no idea about starlink using CGnat so was kinda blind sided by this issue. I’m seeing online that i should be able to connect just fine after allowing port 32400 in windows defender but that does not seem to be the case. i have been trying to connect directly usine http://[ipv6]:32400 and i get nothing. none of my plex apps will connect remotely either, my phone and carrier is ipv6 compatible.

i see some people are registering their own domains and using things like cloudflare tunnels to redirect to their server… but as a plex pass member i really don’t think we should have to go through all those shenanigans just to connect to our servers remotely through ipv6. More and more ISPs are forcing ipv6 or putting ipv4 behind cgnat due to the rising cost of ipv4 addresses.

Starlink DOES give everyone a routable ipv6.

looking for help on how i can make this work natively without using other services to connect to my server remotely. Any help would be appreciated. I see people all over in 2022+ saying Plex should just work with IPv6 natively but I can’t get it to work.

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Crickets… Figures… Was hoping to get confirmation from someone at Plex on whether remote connections through ipv6 should work natively or not…

Really Plex needs to switch to a parsec style implementation where the handshake starts at both sides, and ports don’t need to be forwarded…

Waiting on a answer from Plex. I have Starlink on my car and it never connects to my home server even with IVP6 on the router connected to the Starlink (I dont use a starlink router).I can watch Plex channels (with the non stop ads) but not my own server. This needs to be fixed. I want to be able to camp and stream my server.

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Waiting too. I also have Starlink. One day we will run out of IPv4 addresses.

From what I’ve seen, IPv6 connections will work… but not with all clients. However when searching for StarLink related posts it appears users are still fighting to overcome more obstacles to establish a remote access connection through that setup.

Have you tried manually setting up your IPv6 *.plex.direct custom server access URL?

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So, I just tried mine randomly one day and it works remotely. Plex does tell me “Not available outside your network”. Right this moment my server is at my house (running Starlink) and I am watching a movie off the server at my family’s place (running TMO Home Internet). Additionally I can watch remotely on another Starlink connection as well as my AT&T cell service. I do not believe that I changed any settings to get it going, and all of the remote access settings are default. I am also running the Starlink modem directly (no bridging). If it matters mine is a square dishy.

Do you have relay turned on? If so Plex will route you through their own servers to connect to your server, but you’re limited to 2mbps/720p that way

I was able to get this to work a week or so ago after fighting with it for 2+ months the answer was to put my third party router in passthrough mode for ipv6 rsther than its “auto” setting. It finally worked after doing that and setting the custom access URL but it requires all my users have ipv6 availability and have ipv6 turned on in their routers… Most of my users are not very tech savvy so helping them enable ipv6 would be a giant headache.

I ended up using cloudflare tunnels, bought a nice domain for a few bucks a year and setting up the tunnels was a breeze. Now connecting remotely is 0 issue. There’s a chance CF will throttle the connection eventually since I’m using the free tier but they haven’t yet and my server doesn’t have many users anyway so I doubt I will ever even be a blip on their radar.

What I really hope is for Plex to find a way to get ipv6 to work without needing to use custom access URL.

For anyone curious, this is what worked for me as far as ipv6 connectivity goes, the /web part should not be there, other than that this is what i did that worked after putting my 3rd party router(orbi rbk750) in passthrough mode for ipv6.

The main problem with this is only people with ipv6 connectivity available through their isp AND turned on in their router(most routers have ipv6 off by default unless they’re from an isp that only has ipv6).

As I said earlier, this does not work for me as I have clients who do not have ipv6 access or are not technically savvy enough to be able to enable it in their router.

I am having great success using CloudFlare Tunnels and using my domain for the tunnel to plex as a custom access domain in plex settings. Everything just works. All my users can connect just as they always have.

Really hoping one day plex will implement a connection similar to how Parsec does it. IP version and port forwarding does not matter. The connection starts at both ends and parsec facilitates the connection. Once connected media is streamed directly between server and client. There would not be any extra strain on plex’ servers. In fact it would probably reduce strain on plex’s servers as the relay setting would no longer be needed as all connections would now be direct.

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