Firstly, I must apologise for this, I'm sure it will annoy many of you for me asking such a ridiculous question and I have read the FAQs but cant find anything for my issue.
I've just upgraded to 5.3 and jailbroken by ATV2, previously I had 5.0.2 JB and still had the same issue..
Basically, I'm finding the who set up of plexconnect impossible.
I've downloaded connect onto my mac and created the folder, created the 2 certificates. I seem get my knickers in a twist when I get to the dns/ip stuff.
I've ran the queries in terminal and generated the PlexConnect: IP_self
Is that my Plex server IP? I've tried putting it onto ATV2 in the manual DNS settings but when I try and wirelessly add the trailer.cer to it it just hangs and my internet connectivity has gone.
Is it a case that I should be using the static IP that I have set for my mac? (which is where I run Plex media server from) I think it is but that won't work either.
I’ll start from scratch and post back the results of where it went wrong and the logs.
1 question though please.
I’ve made my IP on my mac (which holds Plex connect & media server). Where does that IP address need to go? In the DNS settings? On ATV AND on the plex settings.py thing? Does that mean I can ignore the plex self ip that it mentions in the set up guide?
Run and then shut down (using CTRL+C) PlexConnect and it will generate a settings.cfg, do not edit this unless you need to (the defaults work for most users so try it first).
The IP of the PlexConnect machine goes in the ATV DNS server setting - see the wiki install guides.
I've started from the beginning and still the same problem. I'll try and put some more detail around it to see if that helps (I'm not sure a log would actually help as it appears that plex connect itself is actually running, I just can't get it to play nicely with the ATV)
I have my macbook which is running OSX 10.9.1 on it I am using
Plex Media Server running - 0.9.8.18
PlexConnect 0.3.1+
The macbook IP is 192.168.1.65 - I have made this static via my router
The PMS IP when ran on my Macbook is 127.0.0.1 port 32400
When I run PlexConnect on the Macbook I get the following:
23:27:47 PlexConnect: Python: 2.7.5 (v2.7.5:ab05e7dd2788, May 13 2013, 13:18:45)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)]
23:27:47 PlexConnect: Host OS: darwin
23:27:47 PlexConnect: IP_self: 10.145.25.6
23:27:47 DNSServer: started: 23:27:47
23:27:47 DNSServer: ***
23:27:47 DNSServer: DNSServer: Serving DNS on 10.145.25.6 port 53.
23:27:47 DNSServer: intercept: ['trailers.apple.com'] => 10.145.25.6
23:27:47 DNSServer: restrain: ['mesu.apple.com', 'appldnld.apple.com', 'appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net'] => 127.0.0.1
23:27:47 DNSServer: forward other to higher level DNS: 8.8.8.8
23:27:47 DNSServer: ***
23:27:47 WebServer: started: 23:27:47
23:27:47 WebServer: ***
23:27:47 WebServer: WebServer: Serving HTTP on 10.145.25.6 port 80.
23:27:47 WebServer: ***
23:27:47 WebServer: started: 23:27:47
23:27:47 WebServer: ***
23:27:47 WebServer: WebServer: Serving HTTPS on 10.145.25.6 port 443.
23:27:47 WebServer: ***
On my ATV2 which is Jailbroken running 5.3
The IP is 192.168.1.66
The DNS is 192.168.1.254
Router is 192.168.254
If I configure the DNS on the ATV to either my macbook IP or the Plex Connect IP I lose internet connectivity on the ATV and also Plex.
Sort of, I have Private Internet Access VPN (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/) But I've turned it off as I thought this may have been the issue and it's not made any difference
You need to read what we write if you want us to help you. Settings.cfg is the settings file - settings.py is part of the program and never adjusted. Also I need to see the output when you are NOT running the firewall.
Sorry, I put the wrong settings file, I didn't see where it referenced what one I needed to produce.
I've turned PIA off and then tried running it and it works.
Do you know if it's possible to run PIA and PlexConnect at the same time?
Also, when I change the IP on my ATV to the same as my mac (which is running Plex) the mac has to be on for ATV connect to the internet for everything else. Has anyone had any solutions on this? Or is it just a case of changing the DNS back to automatic on the ATV when not using Plex?
Thanks again and apologies if I've asked stupid/lazy questions
Whatever you run PlexConnect on has to be on for the ATV apps to function due to its architecture (unless you switch the DNS manually or have a Linux based router that can do the DNS redirection); this is why most people run it on their PMS machine (which is on 24/7 for a lot of people) or a Raspberry PI. You can get it working with the VPN by altering your settings.cfg file:
Turn of GDM Hard code your PMS IP I think you also have to hard code self IP but I am not sure
