# Remote access

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [September 8, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495 "2017-09-08T14:52:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![goonzoopera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@goonzoopera](https://forums.plex.tv/u/goonzoopera)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495/1 "2017-09-08T14:52:17Z")

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Hi, I’m having problem with remote access. My Plex is on WDMyCoud and i’m Running TP-Link Archer 1200 as my router. Anyone with similar setup who can help me on this?

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### Author: ![nokdim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ab992/32.png) [@nokdim](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nokdim)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495/2 "2017-09-08T14:55:29Z")

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Have you reviewed [this](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200931138-Troubleshooting-Remote-Access "this")?

Did you setup port forwarding?

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### Author: ![faasgf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/faasgf/32/14654_2.png) [@faasgf](https://forums.plex.tv/u/faasgf)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495/3 "2017-09-08T17:37:55Z")

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What version of Plex Media Server are you on?

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### Author: ![nokdim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ab992/32.png) [@nokdim](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nokdim)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495/4 "2017-09-08T17:50:20Z")

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@faasgf I ran the version you reported to be running and didn’t have issues with remote access myself.

Do you want to make a post for your problem so it can be addressed individually?

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### Author: ![calvo.family](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/calvo.family/32/5556_2.png) [@calvo.family](https://forums.plex.tv/u/calvo.family)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495/5 "2017-09-12T05:51:59Z")

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I am also seeing problems.  
Today it said it only allowed indirect connections.  
When I reset the connections on the remote settigns the server is completely offline

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### Author: ![calvo.family](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/calvo.family/32/5556_2.png) [@calvo.family](https://forums.plex.tv/u/calvo.family)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495/6 "2017-09-12T06:03:30Z")

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Using the “Custom server access URLs” option fixed the issue for me. But now I don’t have a secure connection.

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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: [January 7, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access/205495/7 "2020-01-07T23:47:47Z")

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