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Plex on ReadyNAS 314 not visible to Plex clients
ReadyNAS 314 with 4x2TB WD2003 Firmware 6.10.5 I've had Plex running on my ReadyNAS for a few years. Sometime over the last year or two, Plex stopped distributing new versions through the Apps page...
RupertGiles wrote:
Yes - did that, logged in to the Plex web portal which then reported that it couldn't find my NAS.
I'm thinking I'll try a fresh install from the downloaded binary. I've confirmed again that all prior instances of Plex have been removed.
Any thoughts?
Is it not showing it, or is it saying it is off-line/not reachable?
If it's not showing it, then the issue might be that the server needs to be claimed in your account.
Hmmm...let me try with a fresh install.
I'll let you know what happens.
Thanks!
So I've performed a fresh install, and launched the app.
On the Plex page (from my ReadyNAS), I get the message:
"The server '<<myNAS>>' is unreachable. Make sure it's running, double check your network, and try again."
The NAS was shown in the sidebar, but as unreachable. I deleted it, logged off from the Plex page, toggled the service OFF on Frontview, and back ON again. The Plex page said that the NAS would reappear upon relaunching the app.
Upon relaunch, Plex doesn't see the ReadyNAS at all. I've even tried rebooting the NAS, but to no avail.
I'm at a loss. Both the ReadyNAS and the Mac (Firefox) that I'm using to access FrontView are both on the same internal LAN.
I'm at a loss!
Okay - I've found a solution, from here. Apparently, even though Plex is running on my local LAN, it was unwilling to recognize my local domain, even though both dig and nslookup find the NAS by name without a problem.
By opening the Plex url with 192.168.1.xx:32400, I got right to the setup page that allowed me to point to the Videos folder on the ReadyNAS.
Accesing the Plex server by name had never been a problem before, but perhaps through a combination of changes to the ReadyNAS O/S and the Plex server, it simply didn't want to work.
If you (or anyone) has any further thoughts on this issue, I'd be happy to hear them.
Thanks!
I have further discovered that it is only when Plex is launched from within the ReadyNAS interface that it can't seem to find itself.
If I open a browser tab with http://mynas:32400/web/index.html#!/, it works perfectly. All my video content is available both through the browser, and from my iOS devices.
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