If you are running your Plex Server on a Windows machine, you can find its IP address by opening up network properties. Finding your Plex Server's Local IP Address Finding your Plex Server's Local IP Address from Server (Windows) When a device on your local network wants to communicate with the internet (check email, view a webpage, or stream Plex to a remote device), the local device will talk to the router which will in turn use the public IP address to talk to the outside world.Īlthough this can vary, it is common for local IP addresses to be in the form 192.168.1.XXX with the router assigning itself 192.168.1.1 and other devices on the network being assigned IP addresses between 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.255. If you want to do something like SSH into your Plex Server from another computer in your local network you will want to know the server's local IP. This IP address is only meaningful inside your local network.ĭevices on your local network can communicate with each other with local IPs. When you connect a device to your local network, it is assigned a local IP address (Blue) by your router. Your router can communicate with the internet using that IP address. The router is assigned a public IP address (Red) by your Internet Service Provider (Cox, Verizon, Comcast, CenturyLink, etc). Most home networks have a setup like this: Public vs Local IP Address
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For instance you may need to know your Plex Server's IP in order to SSH into it and update it.įirst some background on IP addresses in general. There are times when it is important to known what the IP address of your Plex Server is in order to communicate with it and send it messages. An IP Address is a way to identify a device on your network.
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