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Hi

 

My router was recently reset by my ISP during troubleshooting.

I can no longer access Emby remotely.

 

On the NAS I have enabled remote access in NMetwork section

I have enabled Remote Access under two user accvounts

I have set up a port forward rule on the router

ShieldsUp now shows the port (8096) as open.

Ping gets no response

 

Attempts to connect through my WAN address result in Emby reporting it is trying to connect to an old instance on another server (at least, the server name is the old server). The old server is at an IP that is not set up in port forwarding.

Only the current server is in the port forwarding.

 

If I look at emby.media it shows only my current server. In emby client apps the old server is present as well and I cannot delete it from the list.

the documentation talks about Emby Connect but I don't believe I am using this as I have no idea of my Emby Connect name and I cannot find it in my Emby account.

So I am just using my WAN address and port number 8096.

 

I used to be able to access using just the IP and port...

 

 

embyserver (7).txt

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Attempts to connect through my WAN address result in Emby reporting it is trying to connect to an old instance on another server (at least, the server name is the old server).

Hi, what makes you think this?

How did you setup port forwarding in your router?

Posted (edited)
8 hours ago, ramseyn said:

I have set up a port forward rule on the router

See above re port forward.

Rule says incoming WAN traffic on port 9096 should go to Nimbustor4 on port 9096.

My NAS is called Nimbustor4. The old one is Nimbustor2.

When I try to access my WAN address Emby says "Nimbustor2" at the top of thecscreen when asking for username and password although Emby is turned off on that NAS and the port forward is to Nimbustor 4

Edited by ramseyn
Posted

Hi, can you show a screenshot of your port forwarding? Thanks.

ramseyn
Posted

With pleasure.. 

Screenshot_20260716_082100_Linksys.jpg

Posted

Are you sure that device ip address is still correct?

ramseyn
Posted

Yes. I can ping it locally and use emby locally.

ramseyn
Posted (edited)

Edited

 

Screenshot_20260716_160620_Emby.jpg

Edited by ramseyn
Remove remote IP
Neminem
Posted

@ramseynedit or delete that image, we can see your remote IP.

ramseyn
Posted
14 minutes ago, Neminem said:

@ramseynedit or delete that image, we can see your remote IP.

Good point! Thanks!

Posted

what happens when you're outside of home and you put the remote address into your browser address bar? you can test this on a smart phone by disabling wifi.

Posted (edited)

That's how I've been testing it. Nothing happens. On a Windows PC I get "nn.mmm.xxx.yyy refused to connect."

where that us my external address

Edited by ramseyn
Posted

You may just want to check and make sure that you have never restricted remote access inside the server in any way. If you're not sure, the server log from when you attempted that will tell us.

After that please step through our Connection Troubleshooter:

Connecting from Client Apps

Please let us know which steps succeed and which ones do not. Thanks.

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