How to watch my plex media when work wifi just blocked plex? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by yuuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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as of today I noticed I can't access my plex server at all when on my work's wifi. But if i swtich to 4g i can watch plex just fine. But obviously mobile data isn't truly unlimited high speed. And yes I only watch shit on my break. I have remote access enabled etc. Not sure what I can do?

Update: turns out I'm an idiot and my HD bay was turned off hence why I couldn't get into my plex/media. Now I can view it all just fine at work.

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[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

VPN to LAN, great for remote access of other things on your home LAN as well. Once connected it will be as if your phone was on your home WiFi.

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Don't do this. This is going to trip alarms on any half decent IDS, and your net admins are busy enough without having to write up a report to go to the HR people deciding if they are going to fire you for breaking the computer use policy

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Using a VPN on wifi shouldn't trip anything.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago

Whose WiFi? The companies WiFi? Why would that be any different to the wired network?

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

If you're letting random mobile devices on the internal network, you've already failed security 101.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Obviously random personal phones shouldn't have access to stuff like file servers, domain controllers, or even normal endpoints. But it's perfectly fine and normal to host a guest network that only gives internet access and nothing else.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Exactly! And you shouldn't care if someone fires up a VPN on a guest network! I would expect them to actually.

[-] yuuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

So I have Windscribe as my VPN, what do I do exactly?

[-] besmtt@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

That's not "Windscribe as my VPN", it's a VPN to Windscribe's servers.

You want to setup a VPN to your home network. This is one option: https://tailscale.com/

[-] yuuunikki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

ooo, this looks very nice. I shall try setting this up, thanks

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