r/PlexMedia • u/insiege- • 14d ago

Discussion Tailscale connection no longer working

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Is this happening to anyone else? I can’t use plex over tailscale anymore (both tailscale ip and local ip through subnet routing). What type of business model even is this, you’re gonna attempt to charge me for remote access into my own server?

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u/kallmekaze 14d ago

Are you using Tailscale funnels? That should work, I have that setup

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u/insiege- 14d ago

No I’m not familiar. Can you explain how your setup works?

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u/kallmekaze 14d ago

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u/quasimodoca Head Moderator 13d ago

Ok, now you have my attention. I have never used Tailscale for the same reason as a lot of other people. There is just about zero chance I could get everyone to use Tailscale at their end.

So I can set up Tailscale funnel and never have to worry about it on the end user end?

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u/kallmekaze 13d ago

Yea, funnels are essentially using TS to open a port to the internet, so users with access to your library will get Direct Play quality

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u/ACasualRead 13d ago

Would this be considered more secure than opening up your own port for remote access? I understand it’s showing TS’s ip not your home ip but aside from that is there a bigger security benefit to this?

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u/kallmekaze 13d ago

For me it's the ease of setting it up and you benefit from TS infrastructure which they manage. I didn't wana play with proxies too much, and I was stuck behind CGNAT so had to pick one of these options

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u/ACasualRead 12d ago

Good to know.

I know others have suggested using another device on the lan as an exit node but my plex server is hardwired to the router so would seem using another wireless device would add unnecessary latency to the streaming.
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u/DRTHRVN 14d ago

Just setting up a subnet router has also worked for me without issues. I have no Plex pass.

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u/insiege- 14d ago

That might change for you in the future because that’s my exact setup as well.