Whenever someone connects to my Plex Server, under “Activity” they only show as “Indirect” connections. I have full remote access granted with a set port number. Port forwarding in enabled and working as it should. What else am I missing? I have never seen this behavior before when I was on Spectrum…

The solution for me in this case, was switching to another firewall- oddly enough, AT&T’s fiber router was causing the issue. After setting it in passthrough mode, and adding my Unifi Cloud Gateway with the appropriate port forwarding, it works fine now- all streams are now secure.

Users Only Connect "Indirectly"

Plex Media Server Remote Access

OttoKerner November 12, 2024, 2:45pm 2

Start here: The Basics of Remote Access Troubleshooting

It is perfectly possible that your swapping ISPs has put you behind a Carrier-Grade NAT. This is pretty much the default nowadays.

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Users Only Connect "Indirectly"

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