Configure IPv4 binding on localhost

[dma_k 2]

How to force using IPv4 on LanDear all,

I have set local IP address t 127.0.0.1, but Emby server binds on IPv6 instead of IPv4:

# netstat -an | grep 8096
tcp6    0    0 :::8096     :::*     LISTEN     3616128/EmbyServer

Can it be implemented the following way:

• 127.0.0.1 = bind on IPv4
• ::1= bind on IPv6
• empty = bind on both

?
Thanks!

P.S. Related issues: How to force using IPv4 on Lan, Image Processing Problem when using IPv6 addresses.

[Lessaj 476]

There's nothing wrong with this, it's still listening on ipv4. I have ipv6 completely disabled on my system and it still appears like that with netstat.

EDIT: I think the help text underneath the field explains what it does. Emby will listen on all addresses, but advertise that address to the apps for LAN.

Edited Sunday at 08:29 PM by Lessaj

[Q-Droid 996]

On top of that if you were to force Emby to bind only on the localhost address then no other LAN clients would be able to connect unless you were using a local proxy.

 

[dma_k 2]

2 hours ago, Q-Droid said:

unless you were using a local proxy.

That is exactly my case. More over to make Android client work properly I would need to block IPv6 traffic, see my earlier post "Forget This Server" does nothing:

# ip6tables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8096 -j REJECT

Gets more and more tricky

3 hours ago, Lessaj said:

Emby will listen on all addresses, but advertise that address to the apps for LAN.

I think advertise IP address != bind IP address. Hence I suggest the "enhancement" in my initial post (feel free to extend / improve it).

[Lessaj 476]

While setting a bind IP isn't a bad idea I provided details in your other post for how to force clients to use the remote address. In my local network the remote address resolves to a local IP, outside it resolves to an external one.

[Q-Droid 996]

If you run Emby in a Docker container you can specify the host bind IP in the run/compose but only in bridge network mode, not host network.

 

Edited Monday at 01:43 AM by Q-Droid

[Luke 42143]

@dma_khas this helped?