My computer is constantly connected through both my home network and my VPN from IVPN, but all programs are set to ignore the VPN by default using OpenVPN and this method.
I am then only connecting Chrome to the VPN by launching it through ForceBindIP.
The PleX Server I am trying to access is running through my default private network as intended, and thus has the fixed local IP of 192.167.178.43. I can verify this on the PleX settings page.
The local address for my VPN network is randomized each time it connects.
Before I started using a VPN I could access my PleX server through Chrome by just going to 127.0.0.1, but this no longer works. I assumed that I would now have to connect to the exact IP of the network that PleX is running on, i.e. 192.167.178.43, but that didn't work either.
What I actually need to connect to was the random local IP I got from the VPN.
I don't have a lot of experience with networking, so I don't know what my options are here, but connecting to the random IP from the VPN every time I want to access PleX is going to get very annoying. This is amplified by the fact that I apparently need to enter my PleX password every time I try to log in with a new IP as well.
I thought about forcing PleX through the VPN with ForceBindIP, to have it on the same network as Chrome, but if my VPN loses its connection even once I'd have to restart PleX.
Is there any way I can get a fixed IP to the PleX server? It would be ideal if localhost could somehow connect to it, since that is the IP that gets called when double clicking the PleX icon.
