Just switched from Plex… but might be going back lol. Http:/localhost :8097 works on my PC where my JF server is hosted. But I can’t connect on any other devices on the same network. What I have tried:

  • enabled private connections in Windows Defender. Then tried public too.

  • went to settings and binded address to 0.0.0.0

  • changed my port from 8096 to 8097 just to see if a different port would work.

  • Made an inbound rule for port 8097 in advanced firewall settings.

Not sure what’s going on here. On Plex it was easy to discover other devices on the same network. I have JF localhost connected to my Cloudflare Tunnel and I have access on all of my devices that way… but I rather just use my internal ip when I’m at home. Any help?

UPDATE: Literally been at this for hours, and as soon as I post the question on Lemmy…I figured it out. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

On Windows, I had to go to settings > networks and internet > and select private network. Don’t know how it was on public. Smh. I’ll leave this here just in case anyone else has the same issue.

  • ProjectPatatoe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I know it because of Half-Life 1. If your tried to connect to a network game as lan while giving a non-class c ip, it specifically mentioned class c.

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      1 year ago

      Interesting, I never encountered that - though that also fits the “2.5 decades” timeframe.

      It still shows the author of the error message has no idea about networking: even if we assume network classes apply to RfC 1918 addresses (which they don’t) the majority of those addresses are class A or class B networks.

      And looking at it the other way round (using “class C” synonymous with "private addresses) doesn’t work - the majority of addresses in class C space are public addresses.