Remote connection failing all of a sudden

[Aleaha 0]

For some reason, my Emby server is unable to accept remote connections all of a sudden. I’ve been able to connect to it remotely for over a year. Nothing has changed, except my ability to connect remotely… This server is running and I can connect locally. I have reset both the Emby server itself and the computer it is running on, I’ve reset the network and verified port forwarding settings, the server is up-to-date and my clients app is up-to-date. Remote connections were working yesterday, nothing has changed, but all of a sudden today they aren’t working.

[Luke 43180]

Hi there, can you show us how you've setup port forwarding?

Connecting from Client Apps

[Aleaha 0]

I figured it out, I did change something. I started using a VPN and thought I’d set up split tunneling but SurfShark was waiting for me to click ‘allow’ in settings… my fault entirely!

[Luke 43180]

Thanks for following up.

[Aleaha 0]

I take it back!

Remote connections are failing again... The server is running on ports 8080 and 8096, both forwarded at my router. I disabled the VPN even though it hadn't been an issue after I enabled the split tunneling. As I'm typing this, I'm streaming to another screen over the local network, so the server is running and the system has connectivity out. I'm at a loss.