Successfully enabling Remote Access will give you the best experience with Sonos. Sometimes things can’t be auto-configured, though, and you’ll need to do something such as manually forward a port in your router/modem.

In many cases, it will either already be successfully configured for you or the automatic configuration will work fine. That’s done under Settings > Server > Remote Access in Plex Web App. To allow your Plex Media Server to be accessed as needed, you need to enable Remote Access for your server. So, what do you need to do? Enable Remote Access That’s what lets you browse your Plex Media Server library content in the Sonos controller application. The primary requirement for using Plex for Sonos is that the Sonos service for Plex needs to be able to reach your Plex Media Server to talk to it. Related Page: Download Plex Media Server Network Access You can always grab our current server version from our Downloads page. You need to be running Plex Media Server version 1.10.0 or newer to use the Plex service for Sonos. Related Page: Control Sonos Playback With a Plex App Plex Media Server

Regular Plex apps which support controlling Sonos: That means it does require having an active Plex Pass subscription on your Plex account. The ability to control Sonos playback using a regular Plex app (as opposed to using the native Sonos app) is a premium feature. Controlling Sonos Playback With Another Plex App

Use plex to control upnp player