Android app remote access

[BigBird]

I've been trying forever to be able to access my Jellyfin from my android app and I just can't figure it out. Break it down for my like I'm 5 years old. The PC hosting my Jellyfin server in constantly connected to ExpressVPN

[TheDreadPirate]

Is ExpressVPN forcing ALL traffic to go through the VPN? If so, you wouldn't be able to access Jellyfin except from the PC running it. You'd need to configure ExpressVPN for split tunneling to allow Jellyfin traffic to stay local.

https://www.expressvpn.com/support/knowl...c-trBaDyjH

[BigBird]

Is ExpressVPN forcing ALL traffic to go through the VPN?  If so, you wouldn't be able to access Jellyfin except from the PC running it.  You'd need to configure ExpressVPN for split tunneling to allow Jellyfin traffic to stay local.

https://www.expressvpn.com/support/knowl...c-trBaDyjH

Yes, all traffic should going the the PC that runs Jellyfin is going through Express. I had no issue connecting my Roku and Android to my Jellyfin, which are not connected to Express. It is only when I disconnect from my ISP on my phone that I cannot connect via the app.

I have updated my express to where Jellyfin is tunneled and not running through my VPN. I still cannot connect to Jellyfin when my android is not connected to ISP

[TheDreadPirate]

Oh. That is completely different. Jellyfin requires additional setup to access remotely. You need to acquire a domain (free from duckdns) and setup a reverse proxy.

[BigBird]

So I've been working on it a lot. Ultimately I'm getting issues running Caddy on my PC. Also I've learned I am unable to port forward on my Starlink router

[TheDreadPirate]

Starlink uses CGNAT. Hosting a service directly from your server at home is not possible.

There are ways to do this. Some VPNs providers have options for a static exit node IP. You could also rent a VPS and setup the VPS as a wireguard server. The Jellyfin server on your home network would be a wireguard client connecting to the VPS. Then on the VPS you would need to setup a reverse proxy to forward traffic to the Jellyfin server's wireguard address.