


After that, grab a second device and follow the steps below this section to control your new media server remotely: Here’s how to get the Plex Media Server IP address. It’s just a matter of opening a VNC viewer app on another device and entering your P.M.S. It may sound complicated, but it’s actually easy once you have your Plex Media Server’s IP address. Why is it important to know your Plex Media Server’s IP address? Because you can disconnect your Plex Media Server and control it remotely from any PC or smartphone / tablet using what’s called “SSH” or “VNC”. Section 2: How to Get Plex Raspberry Pi IP Address on Raspberry Pi or Linux Users have found a bug when configuring Plex Media Server without rebooting after the install process! So be aware of that. We highly recommend you restart (aka reboot) the Raspberry Pi 3 now. Installing Plex Media Server in Raspbian takes around 5 minutes at this point, if you’re using a Raspberry Pi 3.Īfter the Plex Media Server install is complete, the PMS (the terribly-short nickname for Plex Media Server) starts in the background as a constantly-running “service”.
