Hi.
I'm Max Dalton, and in this video I'm going to talk through how to enable Plex remote
access on your Plex media server.
The first thing you need to do is ensure your Plex server is assigned a static IP on your
network.
While these instructions vary from router to router, you should be able to navigate
to a PC/LAN section within your router's portal and locate where to reserve an IP address
for a specific device.
Here are the instructions for how to reserve an IP address for your Plex server in a Netgear
router.
Open your Web browser and navigate to routerlogin.com.
This is the portal for your Netgear router.
Click the "Advanced" tab on the home page, and then click ""Setup" beneath WPS Wizard
on the left side of the screen.
A fly-down menu appears.
Click "LAN Setup."
The LAN Setup screen appears on the right.
Click "Add" in the Address Reservation section.
The Address Reservation Table appears, containing a list of devices on your home network.
Select the machine hosting your Plex server, and then click "Add."
You'll be directed back to the LAN Setup screen, where you'll see the device you selected has
been added to the Address Reservation section.
Write down the number associated with your device in the IP Address section.
You'll need this later in the process.
Proceed to the Plex Port Forwarding section.
Now we'll move on to port forwarding.
Now that you've given your Plex server a static IP address, you need to set up port forwarding.
Port forwarding is an option that lives in the advanced settings part of most routers.
The instructions for setting up port forwarding for your Plex server on a Netgear router are:
Log back into your Netgear router portal, and then click the "Advanced" tab at the top.
Click "Advanced Setup" in the menu on the left side of the screen, and then select "Port
Forwarding/Port Triggering."
The Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page appears on the right side of the screen.
Select "Port Forwarding" in the Please Select Service Type section.
This will open Click "Add Custom Service."
The Ports Custom Services screen appears.
Enter "Plex" in the Service Name field.
You can enter anything you want, but this will make it easier to identify.
Select "TCP/UDP" in the Protocol drop-down.
Set your External Port Range to 32400, and then check the box to use the same port range
for the internal port.
This will auto-populate the Internal Port Range field with 32400.
In the Internal IP Address field, enter the IP address that you wrote down in Step 6 in
the Reserve Plex Server's IP Address in Router section.
Click "Apply."
Congratulations, you've now completed configuring your Netgear router for enabling remote access
to your Plex server.
Now we can move forward with making the necessary changes to the settings of your Plex media
server.
Now that you've locked in your Plex server's IP address and set up port forwarding, you
can configure your remote access settings on your Plex server using the following instructions.
Click "Settings" in the Manage section.
The Settings screen appears.
Click "Server" in the upper right corner of the Settings screen.
Click "Remote Access" on the left side of the screen.
Click the orange "Enable Remote Access" button on the right side of the screen.
Click to place a check mark to the left of Manually Specify Public Port, and then enter
"32400."
Finally, click the orange "Retry" button to the right of where you entered "32400."
You should now see a green check mark to the right of Remote Access in the menu on the
left side of the screen, and you should also see a green message across the top of the
Remote Access window that says "Fully accessible outside your network."
You can now access your Plex server remotely on devices that are not on your network.