RobertLaing 0 Posted September 3, 2025 Posted September 3, 2025 Hello - I am trying to access my server using a new laptop and nothing seems to be working. I have tried numerous ways to access my server, including opening up the 8096 port in Windows Firewall but no luck so far. I bought a new phone recently and it connected to my server immediately without any set-up at all. If anyone can help me I would appreciate it greatly. My laptop is in the same room as my PC which holds the media and is running Emby, and naturally they are both connected to the same router.
pwhodges 2012 Posted September 4, 2025 Posted September 4, 2025 Is the network type set to public (wrong) or private (correct)? Paul
js28194 36 Posted September 5, 2025 Posted September 5, 2025 Windows 10 / 11 does some dumb things with Network Discovery also... If you click on the My Computer - Network you "may" see a big yellow bar on top asking to turn on network discovery. Do so. I'm not gonna pretend to know what all this crap means any more. Was way simpler back in the pre-windows 7 days.
Luke 42077 Posted September 5, 2025 Posted September 5, 2025 @RobertLaing hi, I would suggest checking out our connection troubleshooter: Connecting from Client Apps please try the steps listed there and let us know which ones succeed and which ones do not. Thanks !
RobertLaing 0 Posted October 11, 2025 Author Posted October 11, 2025 (edited) This is an update to say that nothing has worked so far. My SmartTV and phone connected to the server immediately. But on my laptop all it wants to do is set up a new server. I have Emby Premiere but I assume that makes absolutely zero difference, consistent with my overall experience so far. Edited October 11, 2025 by RobertLaing
RobertLaing 0 Posted October 11, 2025 Author Posted October 11, 2025 On 9/4/2025 at 8:39 PM, pwhodges said: Is the network type set to public (wrong) or private (correct)? Paul I looked on my dashboard on my main PC under 'Network' and there is no such option.
Neminem 1518 Posted October 11, 2025 Posted October 11, 2025 Are you looking Server PC ? Are you not seeing this under network ?
Luke 42077 Posted October 11, 2025 Posted October 11, 2025 7 hours ago, RobertLaing said: This is an update to say that nothing has worked so far. My SmartTV and phone connected to the server immediately. But on my laptop all it wants to do is set up a new server. I have Emby Premiere but I assume that makes absolutely zero difference, consistent with my overall experience so far. Hi @RobertLaingdid you go through the guide that I linked to above? What steps did you do from it?
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