plex over vpn

dunworth1

i use a plex media server to steam to my phone and other devices outside of my lan.

i also use a vpn on that server but when i'm connected to the vpn plex cannot be accessed from outside the network

i went googling and found this http://www.cuttingcords.com/home/2014/11/8/protecting-your-privacy-with-vpn

there is a batch file which creates routes so it bypasses the vpn
my question is does applying the batch file cause anything other than plex to bypass the vpn.

heres what the batch files does

@echo off
setlocal
set PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%\system32\wbem;%SystemRoot%
chcp 437>nul


echo my.plexapp.com VPN Route Exception Builder
echo by XFlak
echo.


::get Default Gateway
ipconfig|findstr /I /C:"Default Gateway"|findstr /I /C:"1" >"%temp%\gateway.txt"
set /p gateway= <"%temp%\gateway.txt"
set gateway=%gateway:*: =%
::echo %gateway%

::set gateway=192.168.0.1


echo Getting my.plexapp.com's current IP address
echo.

ping "my.plexapp.com"|findstr /I /C:"my.plexapp.com" >"%temp%\my.plexapp.com.txt"

set /p PlexIP= <"%temp%\my.plexapp.com.txt"
set PlexIP=%PlexIP:*[=%
set PlexIP=%PlexIP:~0,-24%
echo %PlexIP%
echo.

set zero=%PlexIP:*.=%
set zero=%zero:*.=%
echo set PlexIP=%%PlexIP:%zero%=0.0%%>"%temp%\plex.bat"
call "%temp%\plex.bat"

::echo %PlexIP%

if not exist "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\PermittedPlexIPs.txt" goto:skipcheck

findstr /I /C:"%PlexIP%" "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\PermittedPlexIPs.txt">nul
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 (echo IP already routed, exiting...) & (goto:fin)
:skipcheck

echo route -p add %PlexIP% mask 255.255.0.0 %gateway%
route -p add %PlexIP% mask 255.255.0.0 %gateway%
echo.

echo Adding IP to %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\PermittedPlexIPs.txt
echo.
echo %PlexIP% >>"%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\PermittedPlexIPs.txt"



:fin

::echo fin
::pause

exit

::Other route commands
::route -p add 54.241.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 192.168.0.1
::route delete 54.241.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0

ED E

It seems safe, only change it actually makes is adding a route to override the default route that your VPN provider/Client is adding to the routing table. Its always possible to clean out the routing table later if things went belly up.

You may need to change the gateway value depending on your current default gateway.

dunworth1

ED E wrote: »

It seems safe, only change it actually makes is adding a route to override the default route that your VPN provider/Client is adding to the routing table. Its always possible to clean out the routing table later if things went belly up.

You may need to change the gateway value depending on your current default gateway.

great i'll give it a go an see how it goes.

thanks

dunworth1

well it worked anyway