I recently installed a VPN in my case CyberGhost VPN. When it was activated I could no longer publish my server. I searched far and wide for a solution, but could not find out how to exclude a port from a VPN. It can be done with an IP address, but could not find instructions to exclude a port even with OpenVPN. I was in Plex chat trying to help someone else with the same problem. He was using Private Internet Access and got a list of ports not forwarded by his VPN. I remembered that my VPN did not run outgoing email through it's servers to prevent spammers from using their service to send anonymous email. I set the Plex Server to use Port 110 and now it works when my VPN is running! I did not even have to port forward the port. You need to have advanced settings selected in your server settings and be in the MyPlex section to see the option to select a port. if you specify Manually specify port. then you won't even have to port forward the port though using port forwarding is still recommended. Just add TCP port 110 to the list of Ports to Forward in your modem/router setup. There may be a side benefit to this. You may gain access to your server from work where many ports are blocked. To date this has only been tested with CyberGhost VPN and Private Internet Access, but most VPN's should have a list of ports that do not run through the VPN. if you get it working with a different VPN please post and say what port you used. Note: Changing the port to 110 does not effect the port Plex uses on your local LAN it is always 32400.
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