Windows Server—‘Preferred Network Interface’ setting and dual WAN

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Does anyone have any experience with the server option “preferred network interface”?

I have two WAN adapters on my Windows Plex server and I’m trying to get Plex to bind to a specific interface, but am not having much luck.

That “preferred network interface” option is blank with no option for a drop down selection. I’ve tried a few different entries but haven’t had much luck. On a Linux based server you might put something like eth02 in the box, but Windows is different.

Any suggestions, or possible alternative ways to achieve my objective?

Thanks!

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You enter the IP address of the interface that you want Plex to use…
Like 192.168.1.17, same address you use to access it with the port :32400

edit: also it should be a static IP, doesn’t do much good if it keeps changing…

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Hmm. Plex still seems to get confused by my 2nd interface and binds to it after a few minutes.

Oh well.

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Dear all,

Me too have a Qnap and I wish Plex to use the 2nd interface. But no matter what I do, it keeps using the 1st interface. Even when I set the 2nd interface on the Qnap as the default gateway, Plex is using the 1st. And yes, I set the prefered Interface in Plex on the IP for the 2nd interface.

I hope Plex can solve this,.

Regards,
Hans

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