Unable to connect trying installing Plex

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kpn, a dutch fiber isp.
3 month ago i re-installed plex on the freenas. only problem i cannot access it from outside my network. But that no pronlem

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That is pretty shitty. I would complain.

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if i do DMZ to the ip of my pfsense, on my ISP’s router, all traffic should be forwarded to the pfsense router. Richt?

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Possibly unless they have a hidden blacklist which you might get around by using a different DNS than your ISP depending on how they blocked it.

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last resort i’ll factory reset the isp router

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well factory reset also no luck. Will have to call the isp to check what’s going on.

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Chances are if your ISP is blocking plex they are doing it with dns. Are you using your ISP’s dns server or a third party? Try using a different dns server or set up pfsense to use encrypted dns (Google it for instructions)

Either way it sounds like a DNS issue if you can’t ping certain domains.

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i’m using 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 on the pfsense
and in the ips router it’s not possible to edit the dns

I hardcode the google dns and still a no go

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Use emby.

IMO
emby > plex

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i prefer plex, because my tv has the plex app nativly. Emby i will have to install a little pc to use emby

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solved!
I had to does this

ssh [email protected] -L 8888:localhost:32400

and then connect using the browser to

http://localhost:8888/web

And then it all worked like it should

Thanks for all the support, love the Level1 community

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Awesome stuff OP!!!

Thanks for posting how you solved your issue.