2025-04-09, 12:57 PM
it's not the safest but having port forwarding on your router to your server with jellyfin should just work (make sure your jellyfin server is set to a static ip on your lan).
check your router that it is port forwarding port 8096 (TCP and UDP worked for me when I just tried it) to the IP of the jellyfin server on your LAN.
also make sure the forwarding rule is set to enabled and uses the correct interface (ETH - not VDSL or others) or it won't work.
try to connect to your server using a mobile device to test if it works (diable wifi on the mobile device so it's using 4G/5G)
also it helps if you have a static WAN IP from your ISP - or you'll need to set up some dynamic DNS so external devices can still connect to you when your ISP changes your WAN IP.
check your router that it is port forwarding port 8096 (TCP and UDP worked for me when I just tried it) to the IP of the jellyfin server on your LAN.
also make sure the forwarding rule is set to enabled and uses the correct interface (ETH - not VDSL or others) or it won't work.
try to connect to your server using a mobile device to test if it works (diable wifi on the mobile device so it's using 4G/5G)
also it helps if you have a static WAN IP from your ISP - or you'll need to set up some dynamic DNS so external devices can still connect to you when your ISP changes your WAN IP.