Sometime last year my plex server speeds became unbearably slow. I’m using a client in WA, while the server is hosted in MA. Firstly the server is getting slower speeds than it should (advertised as 880 mbps upload but I’m getting about 160) but that’s probably an issue with the networking setup. Wh…

Actually, ended up having a solution that isn’t making a new server! I mean, I’m still gonna do that anyways so I have another testbed, but I just spun up a DigitalOcean droplet in NYC since that was the closest to the MA server. Then I just proxied the traffic from the droplet to plex, and disabled…

Check to see if you are being forced into the Plex relay : [image] If you see the yellow (!) on the client icon, and the word “Indirect” appears to the right of the client logo, then your server is unreachable from the outside of the house, and the Plex…

Dang. Was hoping it was something simple like a relay. If it’s a slow speed between two points like that, I’d immediately lay the blame on the internet infrastructure. Talk to your ISP (ick) and try to get someone knowledgeable about routing to pay attention to your iperf test. If the communicat…

Try using the client app for your remote computer, rather than the Browser. https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/?cat=plex+desktop&plat=windows#plex-app

Here’s WA (client) → MA (plex server): ❯ traceroute 108.49.220.18 traceroute to 108.49.220.18 (108.49.220.18), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 Voidrunner.mshome.net (172.22.64.1) 0.221 ms 0.251 ms 0.247 ms 2 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 0.928 ms * 0.922 ms 3 * * 136-27-5-1.cab.webpass.net (1…

No improvement, anything above 2mbps quality (SD) will buffer, and dashboard shows direct play the same as via web.

Your Streaming settings. [Screenshot 2025-02-04 at 3.59.52 am] Video Quality is what you need to explore

I’m 100% certain this is not a quality settings issue but a networking issue but here’s what it looks like anyway [image]

I would try backing off from Max and yes i know you have better bandwidth. This is at Client and Server

Right but that’s just the default quality. As I mentioned earlier I’ll switch to convert automatically and it drops to 2mbps. On the Plex for windows app there is no convert automatically options but picking anything higher than SD results in buffering, so it seems pretty clear that for some reason …

Slow server speeds (2mbps) despite high iperf test

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Unfortunately nope, it’s on direct play and still has this issue

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Slow server speeds (2mbps) despite high iperf test

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