A tale of Remote Access

Pluck a Duck, Plex:

For years I have never been able to get remote access to work. Checked everything. Read endlessly. Followed instructions, clutched at straws. Nothing. Nada. Only ever see "Not available outside your network - Your server is signed in to Plex, but is not reachable from outside your network. "

Today I thought I try again. Contacted my ISP to double check that CGNAT was off and my fixed IP address was as it should be. It was and is.

Configured everything once more. Enabled remote access. Green text telling me it was working. Ten seconds later "Not Available Outside of Your Network". Fark!

I open duck.ai and frame a question on the problem. Tells me everything I already know.

I rephrase the question with more detail and context.

I get much the same reply. But, as I scroll through the guff, I see a note that sometimes Plex Remote Access may actually be working even if the message is "Not Available Outside of Your Network"!?

I get the phone out. WIFI off. Remote Data On. Load Plexamp. It Plays!

Arrgghhhhhhh.... I'd scream but no one is listening, including the Plex Devs.