Showing as Nearby instead of Local on Roku that is on different VLAN even though FW rules have been created

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I have a small home network with a few VLANs. My PMS is running in Docker on a Linux in VLAN 20. My Roku is on VLAN 10. I have a Unifi UDM as my FW/router.

I have FW rules:

  • port forward WAN 32400 to PMS server
  • roku to PMS server on all of the Plex ports (1900, 5353, 32410, 32412, 32413, 32414, 8324, 32469, and 32400).
  • PMS server has no WAN access except on certain ports (ping, ftp, http/https)
  • block all other inter VLAN traffic

My PMS shows that remote access is working and is accessible from outside my network.

My Roku shows my PMS server but it shows it as Nearby. I cannot figure out what I need to do to get it to show as Local.

What am I missing?

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Are you making those ports PVID 20 native or just tagged while still remaining PVID 1 ?

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Native. All my VLAN ports are native tagged and no trunks. So my PMS will automatically get IP on VLAN 20 and my Roku gets IP on VLAN 10.

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Where do VLAN 10 & 20 intersect so that traffic can flow?

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What do you mean? I have a UDM with a 8 port switch plugged in to it. My Roku and server are both directly connected to the switch. I have set the appropriate ports on the switch to be VLAN 10 and 20.

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I had to stop and think a bit.

I went back and checked.

I don’t know why but Local == Nearby when dealing with the Roku.
IIRC, is depends on which logical interface the app uses (there are two).

I was asking about where your VLANs root / cross. The UDM explains it.

If you have routes defined in there then all makes 100% sense.

Sorry to have confused.

I will speak with the Roku dev and ask if the naming can be made more consistent with the other Plex apps.

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I see this status in the Roku app by clicking my username up top then going to “Media Server Status” … is there anything like this on the Android app?

BTW all my servers say Nearby instead of Local even on the web app but I’m using Docker which sits on it’s own subnet ontop of the LAN so it makes sense…

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I see. Thank you.

For the record, when I am playing something on my Roku, my PMS dashboard shows it as local.

I guess if Local and Nearby mean the same thing then I won’t worry about it.

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