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mastrmind11
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need more info.  local/remote?  what clients?  what have you tried to help diagnose?  etc

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I can only access from the local machine Emby Server is running on. I am trying to access on local network from Windows via a Browser and from a Mac via a browser and from a Toshiba/Fire TV, I reinstalled from the emby.media website. I checked my firewall permissions on the server machine. I restarted my router & switch.

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I went through the connectivity troubleshooting and still can't connect. There was already an entry "EMBY8096" in the rules but I went ahead and added it again per the instructions.Also ran a virus check which was clean.

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When you try to access from other devices, are you sure you're using the correct server ip address?

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Positive, I even ran ipconfig to verify.

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Did you try rebooting your machine?

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Your log is suggesting your IP networking is not working as expected.

 

Going back to basics - what does ipconfig show you ?

 

192.168.1.23 ?

 

Can you ping your local router/gateway (192.168.1.1 - possibly) or the clients if you know their IP's ?

 

From an Admin command window -

 

netstat -a | find "8096"

 

will show you the IP Emby is listening on.

Edited by rbjtech
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Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a1df:c16a:a5ac:84c0%3

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.23
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

 

C:\Users\denni>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 2ms

 

C:\Users\denni>ping 192.168.1.50

Pinging 192.168.1.50 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.50: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.50: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.50: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.50: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.50:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 5ms

 

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32>netstat -a | find "8096"
  TCP    0.0.0.0:8096           NUC:0                  LISTENING

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C:\WINDOWS\system32>netstat -a | find "8096"

  TCP    0.0.0.0:8096           NUC:0                  LISTENING

 

ok - so local networking is good, the netstat is suggesting that emby is NOT listening on IP 192.168.1.23 as it should say something like

 

TCP    192.168.30.100:8096    bedroom-firetv:36805   ESTABLISHED

  TCP    192.168.30.100:8096    bedroom-firetv:37763   ESTABLISHED
...
 
where emby is 192.168.30.100 (in my case) and bedroom-firetv is the client.
 
What does the dashboard show you ?
 
Mine says - 
 

Running on HTTP port 8096, and HTTPS port 8920.

In-Home (LAN) access: http://192.168.30.100:8096

Remote (WAN) access: ***

 

to match the netstat above.
 
You could also force a bind to the correct IP in emby itself via 'Server > Network'
 
Bind to local network address: <192.168.1.23> in your case.
 
then re-start emby and try it again.
Edited by rbjtech
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Dashboard says:

Running on http port 8096.

In-Home (LAN) access: http://192.168.1.23:8096

Remote (WAN) access: http://xxxxxxxxxxx:8096

 

I put 192.168.1.23 in the Bind to local network address, restarted Emby but still can't connect

 

I re-ran netstat -a | find "8096" command and get this now:

 

C:\WINDOWS\system32>netstat -a | find "8096"
  TCP    0.0.0.0:8096           NUC:0                  LISTENING
  TCP    192.168.1.23:8096      NUC:50839              ESTABLISHED
  TCP    192.168.1.23:50839     NUC:8096               ESTABLISHED
  TCP    192.168.1.23:51535     NUC:8096               TIME_WAIT

Edited by denzoid
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ok - so the most obvious thing now is the windows firewall. (assuming NUC is the local device?)

 

Temporarily disconnect your internet connection, and then disable your Windows firewall and try again.  If this then works, then you know it's a Windows firewall related issue.  Turn it back on again and follow the next steps.

 

netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all | find "8096"

 

will show you if you have a rule for incoming 8096 requests but due to the output it won't tell you the full info...

 

netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all > fw.txt

 

will dump all your Windows firewall rules - then use notepad to search fw.txt for '8096'

 

Mine shows this -

 

Rule Name:                            Port 8096 - Emby non SSL
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Enabled:                              Yes
Direction:                            In
Profiles:                             Private
Grouping:                             
LocalIP:                              Any
RemoteIP:                             Any
Protocol:                             TCP
LocalPort:                            8096
RemotePort:                           Any
Edge traversal:                       No
Action:                               Allow

 

Assuming your local LAN is 'Private' (it should be..) then this is the rule which allows your clients to communicate with Emby.

 

Emby usually creates this for you when you install it - so it should be there.

 

I hope this helps.

 

**edit** just remembered, these were my own rules - but hunt for 'emby' or 'mediabrowser' based rules instead and i'm sure you will find them.

Edited by rbjtech
  • Solution
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I finally figured it out...it turns out to be an ethernet cabling issue. I have no idea how an ethernet cable stops working but the one going to my Emby server did. Maybe mice ate it? But anyway, I had a roll of CAT5 sitting around so I ran a line directly from my router to the switch I have my Emby server plugged into (a switch which I replaced but that was not the issue) and BOOM! everything worked again!

 

I'd like to thank all who replied especially rbjtech! I really appreciate the support! I am just so thankful to have my beloved Emby server back on this Thanksgiving holiday.

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Thanks for the feedback !

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