as of today I noticed I can’t access my plex server at all when on my work’s wifi. But if i swtich to 4g i can watch plex just fine. But obviously mobile data isn’t truly unlimited high speed. And yes I only watch shit on my break. I have remote access enabled etc. Not sure what I can do?
Update: turns out I’m an idiot and my HD bay was turned off hence why I couldn’t get into my plex/media. Now I can view it all just fine at work.
Do that shit on your phone. I never understand how many people openly fuck around on company networks. 90% chance they’re logging everything you’re doing.
Don’t, unless you don’t mind losing your job. They did it because they noticed people were watching stuff at work and they don’t want you to do it.
Since people here are critiquing you instead of actually assisting, I’d have you take a look at tailscale. You can use it to easily create a resistant vpn between your home and your work network, allowing the traffic to bypass filtering.
I’m not surprised that this site has its share of nosy neckbeards. I shall look into tailscale this weekend
VPN to your home network (wg-easy is the easiest way to set this up) or change the public port of your server to something the work network will allow.
VPN to LAN, great for remote access of other things on your home LAN as well. Once connected it will be as if your phone was on your home WiFi.
Don’t do this. This is going to trip alarms on any half decent IDS, and your net admins are busy enough without having to write up a report to go to the HR people deciding if they are going to fire you for breaking the computer use policy
Using a VPN on wifi shouldn’t trip anything.
Whose WiFi? The companies WiFi? Why would that be any different to the wired network?
If you’re letting random mobile devices on the internal network, you’ve already failed security 101.
Obviously random personal phones shouldn’t have access to stuff like file servers, domain controllers, or even normal endpoints. But it’s perfectly fine and normal to host a guest network that only gives internet access and nothing else.
Exactly! And you shouldn’t care if someone fires up a VPN on a guest network! I would expect them to actually.
So I have Windscribe as my VPN, what do I do exactly?
That’s not “Windscribe as my VPN”, it’s a VPN to Windscribe’s servers.
You want to setup a VPN to your home network. This is one option: https://tailscale.com/
ooo, this looks very nice. I shall try setting this up, thanks
This is the answer.
This is the answer…
… to get him fired.
Haha, downvote me all you want. Your job’s IT is blocking this, going around it is very stupid, unless you don’t care about your job.
It honestly depends on the network policies you’re dealing with. Some employers have strict security and won’t allow workarounds like vpns or proxies, and they really don’t want you connecting the network to other unsecured ones.
That said, I’d try a personal VPN (not necessarily a proxy one, just one that can connect you to your plex server on a shared network). If that doesn’t work, I really doubt it’s a good idea to connect to your plex server from their wifi anyway. If that’s the case, I would just download the media I want before I get to work
I made an update to my post but basically I somehow didn’t realize my HDD bay at home was turned off and currently at work now able to watch my plex media no issue
If they block plex, they probably block private vpns as well (or if they don’t you’d most likely be violating some policy). So other than politely asking your IT admin to unblock it, there’s exactly nothing you can do.
You don’t. Jesus Christ. It’s their network.
Step outside, touch grass and use the cell signal.
Download some stuff to your phone/tablet for “offline” viewing. Your work has decided to restrict you from doing non-work stuff on their network and that’s their right.
I think this is only allowed with plexpass but I’m not positive.
i should mention i have lifetime plexpass
Wow, $120 to be able to download your own shit… I’m glad I chose jellyfin.
I paid $80 one time years ago
Fair enough, it probably made sense at the time. Still, disappointing from Plex.
It was the only game in town for ages, and the one-time payment thing for a lifetime pass was taken advantage of by a ton of people, including myself.
Inb4 they drop support for “lifetime” in a couple of years and tell you to pay for a monthly subscription
Then this is definitely your easiest and safest way to go: no new services to configure, no rolling the dice to see how upset the org will be about possible policy violations.
Go tell IT you need a firewall rule modification for your Plex connection
Ask the IT guy about it.
This is the best idea. Just talk to them, best case they’ll help you with it, worst case is they’ll give you a talking to. Going around IT’s back is a very good way to get fired really quickly.
Bribe them with snacks. Source: Am IT. Have been bribed with snacks. You can bet that user got priority treatment from that day on.
How about you do your work instead?
This doesn’t answer my question , next!
Well, I do truly hope you get caught in the act.
This doesn’t answer my question, next!
How about you mind your own fucking business? Maybe they watch something on their break?
