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Jellyfin randomly stops allowing connections - AlternateWitness - 2023-06-24
Nothing happened, when I wanted to connect to my server on my local network on another device I got the "couldn't connect to server" error, in the sense it wasn't online. Both on my local network, and externally. I tried restarting my computer and starting Jellyfin, but now when I tried to log in through my server computer I got this error:
Quote:Connection Error
We're unable to connect to the selected server right now. Please ensure it is running and try again.
Only when running Jellyfin as an administrator could I log in on my computer, but I am still locked out from any other device. I didn't change anything, so I don't know what could be the problem? There's nothing off in the log files, remote connections are still enabled in the Jellyfin settings, what else does jellyfin require?
RE: Jellyfin randomly stops allowing connections - Venson - 2023-06-24
That sounds like you forgot to add the port forwarding rules for the ports jellyfin uses in your firewall on the PC.
The default port jellyfin uses is 8097
RE: Jellyfin randomly stops allowing connections - AlternateWitness - 2023-06-24
(2023-06-24, 11:46 AM)Venson Wrote: That sounds like you forgot to add the port forwarding rules for the ports jellyfin uses in your firewall on the PC.
The default port jellyfin uses is 8097
I originally set it up and it worked, I already have firewall exceptions set up.
After some investigating I found out that my computers internal IP changed(?) So I had to remap it.
RE: Jellyfin randomly stops allowing connections - Venson - 2023-06-24
(2023-06-24, 02:12 PM)AlternateWitness Wrote:(2023-06-24, 11:46 AM)Venson Wrote: That sounds like you forgot to add the port forwarding rules for the ports jellyfin uses in your firewall on the PC.
The default port jellyfin uses is 8097
I originally set it up and it worked, I already have firewall exceptions set up.
After some investigating I found out that my computers internal IP changed(?) So I had to remap it.
Yes that may happen. Check if your router allows either Static DHCP mapping for your PC or if you can set a custom DNS record.
What router do you have?