Jellyfin help? reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gambit_The_Great1701 · 2023-10-01 15:15 My jellyfin server is like 98% there. I just started it yesterday and I've made an account and added my movies into it except I can't connect to it from any external devices. I go to the jellyfin Android app and I put in my public IP,private IP and the IP on the back of my modem made sure to also put :8096 after and still nothing, still get failure to connect. So I edited my port forwarding through my router, and I still get the same error. can anyone help? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AnnualOasis · 2023-10-01 15:25 Turn off port forwarding for starters. You want to make sure you know how to properly harden your setup before allowing remote access. If you can’t access jellyfin on http://local_ip:8096 via the browser you want to check the console and logs to see what errors are being thrown. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-01 15:31 > put in my public IP,private IP and the IP on the back of my modem No no no. Stop what youre doing and first understand how opening your services to the public internet works, and what the risks are. Try subs like /r/HomeNetworking maybe, and the Jellyfin forum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yaunux · 2023-10-01 16:11 The simplest way of reaching a server hosted on your home network from outside of your network is to port forward traffic on a specific port to a specific ip. Say for instance all traffic on port 8096 to the ip of your Jellyfin server. Google the brand name of your router and port forwarding to find out how. But that is not the most secure solution and should preferably only be done if you understand at least the basics of network security. The better solution would be to have an encrypted VPN service to the inside of your network. This solution is a bit harder to set up (though not as hard as you may think). This would allow you to view any hosted services as if on your home network from anywhere in the world. I would recomend studying the VPN option. OpenVPN is a free option that can be hosted on a raspberry pi, LX container or most any other server option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hiTechNishachar · 2023-10-01 16:13 I didn't have to play with my router settings, what I did was just open a port(8096) on the device that hosted the server. The ip was the device ip on the local network (192.168....) Everything works fine. Using the localip:8096 as url. Experienced people here Lmk if I made any mistakes or could've done better ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gh057k33p3r · 2023-10-01 17:41 Even if your port is forearded, make sure 8096 is allowed through the firewall of your computer. Also make sure you are not behind a cgnat if you want to access it externally. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chaplin2 · 2023-10-01 19:02 Off topic. Jellyfin apps seem to me less user friendly than plex. Plex iOS app moves back and forth in the video pretty fast. Why are there pictures of cups and tea etc ? Common! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- that_one_wierd_guy · 2023-10-02 01:02 I"m confused, are you putting in the ip for the router or the ip for the server?