PlexMediaServer Running, but unavailable

pulkit.agrawal

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Hello Team,

I am new to the FreeNAS world and have had few major roadblocks, before I could get it all moving. At one point, I had to dump everything and start from scratch.

But I am no expert on FreeNAS and have hit a roadblock with Plex. Have installed the plugin fine, Plex is running, I can ping it, but within Plex, I get PlexMediaServer unavailable error.

The box is:
  • HP 8100 Elite SFF
  • i7-2.80
  • 16 GB RAM
  • 2 X 2 TB - Mirrored HDD
  • Both Plex and FreeNAS are getting IPs via DHCP.
Running FreeNAS 11.3-U4.1 & Plex Plugin v1.20.1.3252.

I followed this YouTube video(clickable link) each step of the way to setup Plex. I have tried this in one of my previous installs and it worked fine, so I know it works. But for some strange reason, it does not work this time round.

When I installed the plugin here are the messages I got on Shell:

GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror/swap0 launched (2/2).
GEOM_ELI: Device mirror/swap0.eli created.
GEOM_ELI: Encryption: AES-XTS 128
GEOM_ELI: Crypto: software

I have tried to stop the plugin and start again, but the same issue. However one thing, that I notice is strange this time is whenever I stop the plugin and start again on the shell I get this:

epair0a: Ethernet address: 02:8b:10:00:04:0a
epair0b: Ethernet address: 02:c8:ed:00:05:0b

and I believe it is related to the issue I am getting.

I am not sure what other info I need to share here, please let me know. Thank you in advance for your time, it is much appreciated.
 
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