I'm setting up a small linux server that will sit in my car and operate as a PMS (1.0.3.2461) for an upcoming car trip. I have Plex installed, I have my media imported, and I have the hotspot (hostapd) working perfectly.
When this mobile PMS is connected to an ethernet cable (which is connected to our home internet), Plex works perfectly. But when I unplug the ethernet cable, I receive the "Plex is not reachable. make sure your server has an internet connection..." error message. This machine will only have an internet connection to sync the media folder, so I started Google searching for an answer.
I quickly found the posts that say "Use the List of Network with No Auth" setting. But no matter what I put it doesn't seem to let me in.
Here is the ifconfig of the PMS wireless controller (wlan0):
inet addr:172.24.1.1 Bcast:172.24.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
So from this I'm assuming I'm supposed to put 172.24.1.0/255.255.255.0 in the "List of Network with No Auth" field, but that doesn't seem to work. I've also tried every other combination I can think, disabled remote access and set secure connections to disabled, all to no avail.
I took a look at the PMS logs to see if there was any info there. When eth0 is connected, Plex sees these networks:
DEBUG - Network interfaces:
* 1 lo (127.0.0.1) (loopback: 1)
* 2 eth0 (192.168.1.40) (loopback: 0)
* 3 wlan0 (172.24.1.1) (loopback: 0)
And with the eth0 unplugged is shows:
DEBUG - Network interfaces:
* 1 lo (127.0.0.1) (loopback: 1)
* 2 wlan0 (172.24.1.1) (loopback: 0)
Lastly, further back in the log, when my iPad is connected to the hotspot and the ethernet is unplugged, PMS is logging the connection as coming from Request: [172.24.1.145:51231], so I know the PMS is recognizing that the 172.24.1.1 network is recognized and logging correctly.
Any ideas on what I should tackle next?
Thanks!