Emby Server uses Virtual Box (vbox) IP Address on Windows

[danny8000 0]

I have a Windows 10 Professional desktop computer in my home. Windows is not installed in a virtual machine, it is on "bare metal". Latest version of Emby server is installed on Windows running as a service.

 

Virtual Box 5 (aka vbox) is installed so I can run guest operating systems such as Ubuntu.

 

Local IP4 address is 192.168.55.55

 

Vbox created a virtual network adapter in windows at 192.168.56.1

 

Emby server admin dashboard starts emby is available at: Local access: http://192.168.56.1:8096 Local access should be at: http://192.168.55.55:8096

 

With Vbox installed the following Emby clients worked:

 

- Apple TV

- Windows 10 Emby Theater  (different PC)

 

Does not work:

 

- Iphone 6 plus (latest emby client) - Emby fails to connect to the server

- Roku - same error

 

I un-installed vbox, restarted my computer. On the windows command line I ran IPCONFIG to check the network adapters. The Vbox 192.168.56.1 virtual adapter was gone.

 

I opened http://localhost:8096/web/dashboard.html and now  Local access displayed correctly: http://192.168.55.55:8096

 

I tried to connect with my iphone and it worked like a charm.

 

I hope this is helpful to others out there.

 

 

Edited September 5, 2016 by danny8000

[Happy2Play 8242]

Did you try to bind your vbox ip? Advanced-Hosting

 

Bind to local network address:
Optional. Override the local IP address to bind the http server to. If left empty, the server will bind to all availabile addresses. Changing this value requires restarting Emby Server.