Unable to connect remotely

[Luke 42077]

1 hour ago, tp546 said:

Within emby you mean? I changed the port numbers - 8096 replaced with 445 twice and 8097 replaced with 446 twice. Is that what you mean? 

But which port number settings? There are two sets. Maybe you changed the wrong ones.

Maybe you changed the local port numbers by mistake.

[tp546 41]

24 minutes ago, Luke said:

But which port number settings? There are two sets. Maybe you changed the wrong ones.

Maybe you changed the local port numbers by mistake.

I changed both - when I try to open the config, the new port is in the URL

[Luke 42077]

Hi there, please attach the Emby server log from when the problem occurred:

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[rbjtech 5284]

445 is the main Windows SMB port - do not use that as you are going to not only confuse things but potentially open up all file sharing on your local network - not what you want to do..

I suggest you get the standard ports working first - tcp 8096 (and if you have a cert tcp 8097,)  Once they are listening/working, then change them to anything in the upper port ranges based on 809x etc or use 80/443.      The external and internal ports can be different or you can do the port address translation on your router (via NAT) or reverse proxy if you have one - either way - the LAN will be listening on the internal ports, WAN will be listening on the external ones.

An internet port scanner will find any external listening port - so you cannot 'hide' just because you are using a random port ... 

Edited August 22, 2025 by rbjtech