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by giobox 34 days ago
It's been death by many cuts for me with Plex. This follows the recent change where if a device on your network is not in the same IP range (say you have some clients on 192.168.1.x and some on 192.168.2.x, but on same subnet), Plex considers this to be remote access and demands payment now. I believe this is a response to users who run Plex on their own VPN rather than pay Plex the sub fee for their remote access solution.

I'm not reconfiguring my LAN because Plex can't identify remote traffic accurately.
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eddieroger 34 days ago
I'm kind of feeling similarly, albeit I've been a Lifetime holder for a while now. So on the other side of the coin is what it would take for me to finally leave. In retrospect, Plex has probably been work $750 for the way I've used it, which I've been doing for easily 15 years now, but if I was not currently a Lifetime subscriber, I'm not sure I'd see the value. That said, I don't want to move platforms, nor do I want to have to set up the family members who steam from my server on something else.
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jaffa2 34 days ago
pretty sure you just add the list of networks that should be considered local to the plex settings in the admin page and it's done. Works for me.
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giobox 34 days ago
This is now a feature toggle hidden behind a PlexPass sub, you used to be able to do this on the free version until the changes in 2025 to make remote access a chargeable feature.

> https://support.plex.tv/articles/200430283-network/

Scroll to "LAN Networks"

"Very few people will need to set or change this preference. It simply lets you specify which IP addresses or networks will be considered to be “local” to you..."

"Tip!: This feature requires an active Plex Pass subscription for the Plex Media Server admin Plex account. Addresses can be specified either as an individual IP address or a range (using IP/netmasks). Do not include spaces or tabs."

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jaffa2 34 days ago
huh. thanks for the info. i did buy a pass about a decade ago so this recent change did not affect me.
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bigstrat2003 34 days ago
You can configure what networks are considered local in the settings.
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giobox 34 days ago
Not on the free version since last year, when they introduced the changes to make remote access a chargeable feature:

> https://support.plex.tv/articles/200430283-network/

"Tip!: This feature requires an active Plex Pass subscription for the Plex Media Server admin Plex account. Addresses can be specified either as an individual IP address or a range (using IP/netmasks). Do not include spaces or tabs."

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