Plex setup

RouterOS General
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I’ve configured a number of routers to forward to a specific computer on the local network based on incoming port. I’ve also ready about Nat forwarding setup on this router but can’t seem to make it work for my Plex server.

I had this server working great at another location/different router.

What I’ve tried:

Enable UPnP - tried with allow to disable external interface checked and unchecked.

IP->firewall->NAT

enabled
chain: dstnat
protocol tcp
src port 32400
dst port 32400
in interface bridge 1 (tried all)
action dst-nat
to addresses 192.168.2.114 (plex server ip)
to ports 32400

Nothing seems to happen/work. I get message in plex setup that you can’t access from outside network.

Firewall is turned off on computer.

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Have you checked/cleared/watched your firewall counters to make sure the traffic is hitting the router like you expect?

This is much easier on a relatively “quiet” network.

You can do this from command-line or webfig, depending on your preference.

/ip firewall filter print
/ip firewall nat print

The print “follow” command is really nice for this.

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Hi there,

I’m using a 6.24 Mikrotik router. I just successfully got Plex working, using a simple DST-NAT as you did.

Steps:

  1. Under firewall > nat, add a new rule. Mine looks like this:

(Under the assumption that my Plex PC inside my LAN is on 192.168.1.50 and my public WAN address is 80.50.40.20)

chain=dstnat action=dst-nat to-addresses=192.168.1.50 to-ports=32400 protocol=tcp dst-address=80.50.40.20 dst-port=32400 log=no log-prefix=“”

  1. Go into Plex Media Server

http://127.0.0.1:32400/web/index.html#!/settings/server

Then click the ‘Connect’ button. When you tell the server to connect, it will “phone home”, allowing access from outside. Now, anyone logged in with your Plex account can access this server, while your public IP stays the same. You can troubleshoot by watching the counter on the DSTNAT rule.

4

Tried adding the NAT rule but still not working on my end. Running Routerboard 6.40.5 with 3.41 firmware.

5

Wow, signing up for this forum is way more difficult than it should be :slight_smile:

I had the same issues as you, and I turned on UPnP to no avail.

Then, I found the Interfaces button.

I added:

  1. pppoe-out1 to external
  2. ether1 to internal
  3. ether2-master to internal

Boom, I can see Plex from the outside…

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Hi cubanx I’m sorry for maybe a stupid question but, can you explain in more details (I have the same problem). I have recently been a proud owner of such a router, but because networking & Linux are not my strength, I’m completely confused. Thank you in advance for your answer.

7

Hello, friends!
I trying to use only NAT port 32400 forwarding

add action=dst-nat chain=dstnat dst-port=32400 in-interface=pppoe \
    protocol=tcp to-addresses=192.168.10.10 to-ports=32400

and web access to plex is working, but access to plex via smart tv app didn’t work.
Then i try add this rule to firewall:

add action=accept chain=forward comment=plex connection-nat-state=dstnat dst-port=32400 in-interface=\
    pppoe protocol=tcp

and plex giving to me access to server.
Please test this solution

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did this work for you?

9

This is making me crazy. half the commands here don’t even function in the Command line for some reason. either they have changed in the last year or ----hellifikknow. can this not be done through winbox?

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It can easily be done through Winbox however your problem is this:
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How helpful is that? Does that show you the FULL rule?
My full Plex rule is as follows:

/ip firewall nat
add action=dst-nat chain=dstnat comment=PLEX dst-address-list=WAN-IPs dst-port=32400 protocol=tcp to-addresses=10.10.10.31

Even then that won’t help you much so you need to amend it to suit you
add action=dst-nat chain=dstnat comment=PLEX in-interface=WANINTERFACECHANGEME dst-port=32400 protocol=tcp to-addresses=LANIPCHANGEME

11

when the rule is properly created on the router, you need to go in plex under the settings → remote access and check “manually specify public port” and put in 32400. Once you have this configured it should work.

12

this doesn’t work for me at all. I entered the WAN interface as the static IP of the router itself and the LAN as the internal IP my machine has connected to the router. ie |

/ip firewall nat add action=dst-nat chain=dstnat comment=PLEX in-interface=71.XX.XX.XX dst-port=32400 protocol=tcp to-addresses=10.10.X.X

I get a message “input does not match any value of the interface”

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That’s not really unexpected, when the parameter is in-interface=. You’re probably looking for dst-address=.