I have setup a new plex server (thanks to some storage help on this forum) - and all was working well - Its a small home setup and I can stream to my Firesticks / TV Apps / Ipad ok, and even to my phone on data only (no wifi)
The problem is I noticed that all devices show up in the dashboard as streaming remotely. In terms of usability this is not an issue (my media is all 1080p so not seeing any impact of being classed as remote) and I have the remote plex pass but…
it annoys me that everything on the same subnet should be local, and I might not want to pay for the plex pass remote forever.
Reading on here I tried rebuilding the plex app with “Host network” ticked (no other changes) and after doing this it appears that my PC can stream locally, but the firesticks (local) and the “remote” phone app is showing up as “Indirect” with crippled bitrate…
