March 31, 201610 yr Sorry; not that familiar with port forwarding. This may not be necessary. Plex tries to do it for you (worked with my FIOs router). You only need to manually do this if your server can't be reached from the outside by the mothership at plex.tv. See pic. If you have the green checkmark on Remote Access, you are golden.
March 31, 201610 yr Sorry; where's this? 8. Save and start Plex docker. perform basic initialization steps (i.e. sign in, setup preferences, etc.). Don't forget to set your transcode dir in Plex to /transcode Plex server settings (PMS webui). May need to enable Advanced View to see it.
March 31, 201610 yr Author Thanks. I'm going to try the 'manually specify'; and if that doesn't work...I see there are instructions, for setting up the port forwarding.
March 31, 201610 yr Sorry; where's this? 8. Save and start Plex docker. perform basic initialization steps (i.e. sign in, setup preferences, etc.). Don't forget to set your transcode dir in Plex to /transcode In Plex, Settings (top right corner) > Server > Transcoder > Show advanced > Transcoder temporary directory > set it to "/transcode" What router do you have? Maybe I or someone else can help Have you tried pressing retry a couple of times to see if that works?
March 31, 201610 yr Also, if you have a router behind a router (eg: something like an Asus router behind your DSL Modem (if your modem has multiple ethernet ports or supports WiFi, then it has a router integrated into it), then you've got to stick your modem into "bridge mode"
March 31, 201610 yr Author Sorry; where's this? 8. Save and start Plex docker. perform basic initialization steps (i.e. sign in, setup preferences, etc.). Don't forget to set your transcode dir in Plex to /transcode In Plex, Settings (top right corner) > Server > Transcoder > Show advanced > Transcoder temporary directory > set it to "/transcode" What router do you have? Maybe I or someone else can help Have you tried pressing retry a couple of times to see if that works? OK?? I have an Xfinity (Comcast) wireless router.
March 31, 201610 yr Author Also, if you have a router behind a router (eg: something like an Asus router behind your DSL Modem (if your modem has multiple ethernet ports or supports WiFi, then it has a router integrated into it), then you've got to stick your modem into "bridge mode" I don't have a router behind a router. This is the PLEX help...
March 31, 201610 yr In Plex, go to Settings, then server, what do you see next to Remote Access on the left side? Is there a green check mark? If so you already have forwarding setup. Most recent vintage routers can take Plex's suggestion on ports automatically.
March 31, 201610 yr Author In Plex, go to Settings, then server, what do you see next to Remote Access on the left side? Is there a green check mark? If so you already have forwarding setup. Most recent vintage routers can take Plex's suggestion on ports automatically. No (post #178). I've skimmed through the 80-page user manual, of my Cisco DPC3941T; and can't find anything...about UPnP or NAT-PMP, as PLEX suggests.
March 31, 201610 yr I've skimmed through the 80-page user manual, of my Cisco DPC3941T; and can't find anything...about UPnP or NAT-PMP, as PLEX suggests. http://screenshots.portforward.com/routers/Cisco/DPC3941T_-_XFINITY/Port_Forwarding.htm
March 31, 201610 yr Author I've skimmed through the 80-page user manual, of my Cisco DPC3941T; and can't find anything...about UPnP or NAT-PMP, as PLEX suggests. http://screenshots.portforward.com/routers/Cisco/DPC3941T_-_XFINITY/Port_Forwarding.htm Well yes; I posted a screen shot, of port forwarding...but like I don't know the 'common service', service name, service type? Besides...the PLEX troubleshooting, made it sound like port-forwarding was really unnecessary, with most "modern" routers; and like steps 2, 3, 4 should be tried first?
March 31, 201610 yr turn on UPnP. Reboot router. Then back in Plex try "retry" button see if it sticks now.
March 31, 201610 yr turn on UPnP. Reboot router. Then back in Plex try "retry" button see if it sticks now. If you do this, and after some time you find you loose remote connection you will have to resort to manually forwarding the port.
March 31, 201610 yr I've skimmed through the 80-page user manual, of my Cisco DPC3941T; and can't find anything...about UPnP or NAT-PMP, as PLEX suggests. http://screenshots.portforward.com/routers/Cisco/DPC3941T_-_XFINITY/Port_Forwarding.htm Well yes; I posted a screen shot, of port forwarding...but like I don't know the 'common service', service name, service type? Besides...the PLEX troubleshooting, made it sound like port-forwarding was really unnecessary, with most "modern" routers; and like steps 2, 3, 4 should be tried first? Service Name: PLEX Type: TCP/UDP is fine Server IP: Your unraid IP Start Port: 32400 End Port: 32400 Connected Device: Ignore this, its to populate 'Server IP' Then log back into the plex interface and set "Manually Foward Port" and check the box and type 32400.
March 31, 201610 yr Author I've skimmed through the 80-page user manual, of my Cisco DPC3941T; and can't find anything...about UPnP or NAT-PMP, as PLEX suggests. http://screenshots.portforward.com/routers/Cisco/DPC3941T_-_XFINITY/Port_Forwarding.htm Well yes; I posted a screen shot, of port forwarding...but like I don't know the 'common service', service name, service type? Besides...the PLEX troubleshooting, made it sound like port-forwarding was really unnecessary, with most "modern" routers; and like steps 2, 3, 4 should be tried first? Service Name: PLEX Type: TCP/UDP is fine Server IP: Your unraid IP Start Port: 32400 End Port: 32400 Connected Device: Ignore this, its to populate 'Server IP' Then log back into the plex interface and set "Manually Foward Port" and check the box and type 32400. Common service?
March 31, 201610 yr Author turn on UPnP. Reboot router. Then back in Plex try "retry" button see if it sticks now. I did this, BTW; assuming this enables and disables the UPnP? It was always enabled; but I disabled...saved. Re-enabled...saved; re-booted. Tried the PLEX server mapping. Still didn't work. Getting pretty pissed You guys are great, to hang in with me; but JC...nothing should be this much work!
March 31, 201610 yr Author Guys...I guess you missed it, on my screen-shots! I had this checked, the whole time. When mr-hexen said, after I set-up port-forwarding...check the box, and try; I'm like...well, maybe I should un-check it...without port-forwarding! I'm good.
March 31, 201610 yr Author 1. Setup a cache drive. [DONE] 2. Add 'appdata' as a cache-ONLY share. [DONE] 3. Enable docker, point docker.img to /mnt/cache/appdata [OK; I had set the docker.img to /mnt/cache...not /appdata. I'm not sure how much it'll matter; but I've gotten so comfortable with MC at this point...what the hell, lol. I deleted docker.img, and will re-enable to /mnt/cache/appdata DONE] 3b. Install the Community Applications plugin [DONE] 4. Install linuxserver.io Plex docker (my preference) [DONE] 5. Set /config >> /mnt/cache/appdata/plex [DONE] 6. Set media folders (i.e. /movies >> /mnt/user/movies) [DONE] 7. Set /transcode >> /mnt/cache/appdata/plex (ensures plex doesnt fill docker.img with transcodes) [DONE] 8. Save and start Plex docker. perform basic initialization steps (i.e. sign in, setup preferences, etc.). Don't forget to set your transcode dir in Plex to /transcode [DONE] 9. Setup meta data agents [DONE] 10. Setup media libraries / folders [DONE] 11. Open router config, forward port 32400 to unraid server 12. Set plex to manual port forward (uPNP times out and disables remote access in my case) 13. Enjoy life.
March 31, 201610 yr Author And if I start to have trouble...loosing connection; I'll know now, I have to re-visit and do 11 & 12 (in order to do 13) 11. Open router config, forward port 32400 to unraid server 12. Set plex to manual port forward (uPNP times out and disables remote access in my case) 13. Enjoy life.
March 31, 201610 yr Author And I just want to triple-check this... 7. Set /transcode >> /mnt/cache/appdata/plex (ensures plex doesnt fill docker.img with transcodes) [DONE]
March 31, 201610 yr And I just want to triple-check this... 7. Set /transcode >> /mnt/cache/appdata/plex (ensures plex doesnt fill docker.img with transcodes) [DONE] correct
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