# Reverse Proxy/FQDN vs Plex built-in remote access
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/reverse-proxy-fqdn-vs-plex-built-in-remote-access/792059
**Category:** Remote Access
**Tags:** networking
**Created:** [May 8, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reverse-proxy-fqdn-vs-plex-built-in-remote-access/792059 "2022-05-08T18:10:04Z")
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### Author:  [@TawnyTim](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TawnyTim)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reverse-proxy-fqdn-vs-plex-built-in-remote-access/792059/1 "2022-05-08T18:10:04Z")
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I’d like to learn more about PLEX’s built-in remote access. Right now, I access my PLEX server remotely using a FQDN and reverse proxy, just as I do with all of my other services I want to forward face.
Someone recently argued that PLEX has some sort of QoS / throttle management which I’m not able to take advantage of the way I have I have mine setup. Can someone either explain it to me or point to a link regarding the ins and outs of this?
The reason I use a reverse proxy is because I don’t like forwarding ports to specific services. I much prefer having all of my services behind a web server and having it do the work.
Can anyone make a case for or against both how I’m doing it now, as well as doing it using the built-in remote access?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reverse-proxy-fqdn-vs-plex-built-in-remote-access/792059/2 "2022-05-09T07:46:38Z")
> [@TawnyTim](#):
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> The reason I use a reverse proxy is because I don’t like forwarding ports to specific services. I much prefer having all of my services behind a web server and having it do the work.
There is neither a speed, nor a security advantage by doing it this way.
To do it the default Plex way, establish a port forwarding from the public network interface of your gateway to port 32400 of your server machine. Then inform Plex about the public port number of the port forwarding rule.
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/200931138-troubleshooting-remote-access/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200931138-troubleshooting-remote-access/)
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### Author:  [@TawnyTim](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TawnyTim)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reverse-proxy-fqdn-vs-plex-built-in-remote-access/792059/3 "2022-05-09T23:45:46Z")
Thanks! I’ll just set it up that way then, and not worry about it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/reverse-proxy-fqdn-vs-plex-built-in-remote-access/792059/4 "2022-08-07T23:45:48Z")
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