I absolutely love Plex, but I have had one issue for a while that I haven't been able to resolve.
Setting up remote access. If I use the dynamically assigned port that Plex Media Server provides (ex. 19642) and setup a port forward on my router for 19642 then my server is fully accessible outside my network. This is great, unless that port changes, which it seems to from time to time (not sure what actions cause the port to change.)
Here is the big problem. If I leave the port forward set to 19642 and click the checkbox to manually specify 19642 as the public port and click retry, it says it is available for a brief second, then changes to "Not available outside your network."
I prefer not to use uPnP for security sake and would rather not debate the merits either. Is anyone aware of a solution for this issue? Why would the same port work when Plex dynamically assigns it, but stop working when statically assigned. I have tried numerous statically assigned ports and have never had any success.
