# Setting a new server

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-a-new-server/216453>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-a-new-server/216453 "2017-12-04T18:26:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![fmarreno\_gmail.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@fmarreno\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fmarreno_gmail.com)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-a-new-server/216453/1 "2017-12-04T18:26:36Z")

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Hello there,

I have all my media collection stored in an external hard disk. I have connected this hard disk to my router TG789vac v2 which works as UPNP media server.  
Through this combination I am able to see all of my files on my apple TV with app as 8Player and PlayerXtreme. My DLNA tv also recognizes it.  
I would like to use Plex as main player as I prefer the way it organizes the file (cover, info, etc.) but I am unable to point the library to the “external hard disk/TG789vac” server.  
What is really frustrating is that the player above recognized immediately the server whilst Plex didn’t.  
Is there a way to sort this out or I need to buy a NAS?  
At the moment I can only use the library Plex has created on my computer, which does only contains few music albums. Beside I cannot even access it from remote, probably because I am in a double NAT situation.

Thank you in advance to everyone willing to help me.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-a-new-server/216453/2 "2017-12-04T21:12:25Z")

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If you can access the files on your router hard disk like on a file server, it _might_ work.

> **[Verbatim Powerbay NAS with Plex media server](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1291830#Comment_1291830)**
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> If you have installed Plex Media Server on your Windows computer, you add shares on your NAS this way: Surf to the media on your NAS using the Windows file explorer: click into the address bar of file explorer once and press CTRL+C to copy the...

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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 8, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-a-new-server/216453/3 "2020-01-08T00:13:59Z")

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