SOLVED: Newbie setting up Jellyfin on Windows. http://SERVER_IP:8096 is unable to connect

[crambles]

Complete newbie here trying to follow the quick start guide (https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/quick-start/) on my Windows PC. I installed the Jellyfin software and am on step three. I found my ipv4 address by looking in ipconfig/all on the command line. I tried navigating to http://my.ip.address:8096 and it says "Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at my.ip.address:8096"

After an initial search I went into my firewall settings and clicked "allow an app through firewall" and tried just making the Jellyfin line private and not public. That didn't solve the issue. Now when I go look in the same spot I have three options for Jellyfin server, two that have private checked and one that has public checked. It seems like every time I switch the group to private and close it makes another public one.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[TheDreadPirate]

Stop Jellyfin before making that change.

[crambles]

Terrific! That worked beautifully, thanks!

[crambles]

Stop Jellyfin before making that change.

One more question if you could point me in the right direction. I installed Jellyfin on my Chromecast and am trying to get it connected. My computer and Chromecast are both on the same WiFi network. I entered my IP address in the Chromecast Jellyfin app and it isn't connecting, saying "connection timed out." Let me know if you have any ideas.

[TheDreadPirate]

On the server click on Start > type Resource Monitor > click on the Network tab > expand the Listening ports table. Find jellyfin.exe on port 8096. What does it say for the Firewall status column?

[crambles]

On the server click on Start > type Resource Monitor > click on the Network tab > expand the Listening ports table.  Find jellyfin.exe on port 8096.  What does it say for the Firewall status column?

It says "not allowed, not restricted"

[TheDreadPirate]

So you probably did not properly allow jellyfin through the Windows Firewall. It should be "Allowed, not restricted".

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsof....%E2%80%9D

[crambles]

So you probably did not properly allow jellyfin through the Windows Firewall.  It should be "Allowed, not restricted".

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsof....%E2%80%9D

Weird, I'm following those instructions exactly but I can't get this to work. I removed the Jellyfin lines from the allowed apps list on the firewall, turned off Jellyfin autostart and restarted my computer. I booted it back up and opened Jellyfin, selected only private networks as being allowed, and it still says "not allowed, not restricted".

[TheDreadPirate]

Do you have another application that provides a firewall service? Norton? McAfee? Bitwarden?

[crambles]

Do you have another application that provides a firewall service?  Norton?  McAfee?  Bitwarden?

The only firewall I think I have is the one that comes with Windows, Windows Defender. I DO have Bitwarden installed because I use it to store my passwords but if it also acts as a firewall then it is news to me!