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[kitler53]

What kind of issues are you having on your PS5?

won't establish a connection.  it's not in front of me ATM but something along the lines of "cannot find the server."

[the-pi-guy]

won't establish a connection.  it's not in front of me ATM but something along the lines of "cannot find the server."

I haven't had any issues myself.

Some things I found when searching:

Reddit post

I just recently joined the PS5 club. I've been running a Plex media server for years, accessed mainly through AppleTV, with no issues. Naturally, I installed Plex onto my PS5 immediately. I'm able to login to my Plex account without issue, but despite all customary troubleshooting, the PS5 client would not connect to my media server. I've been fussing with it for few weeks without success. I eventually found the solution, but all credit goes to the the clever folks that actually came up with it and know what they're talking about. I thought I'd share my findings with the community here.
The basic connectivity problem I experienced was due to the PS5 client attempting to use an insecure (http) DNS server lookup. This evidently triggered my router's security and it locked down the connection. According to Plex:
"Some routers or modems have a feature known as "DNS rebinding protection", some implementations of which can prevent an app from being able to connect to a Plex Media Server securely on the local network. For most users, this won't be an issue, but some users of higher-end routers (or those provided by some ISPs) may run into problems."
So, what to do about it? Judging by all the posts here, I'd say there's more than one way to skin a cat. For me, I have a router running OpenWrt firmware. I imagine there are similar settings in most router firmwares. Locate your DNS settings and drill down to find the Domain Whitelist. Simply add

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plex.direct

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to the list. In OpenWrt navigate to Network > DHCP and DNS > Filter > Domain whitelist. That's it! Plex is working perfectly on my PS5.

Plex post

The application environment that we run in on the PS5 does not allow mixed content requests. The app is loaded via https, and any subsequent requests made via http are blocked. This leaves us with few options. If you want to be able to communicate with your server it will need to be published to plex.tv (and therefore get a certificate that allows us to communicate with it via https). Your server must have a certificate and must have secure connections enabled. Please see https://support.plex.tv/articles/206225077-how-to-use-secure-server-connections/ for further details.

Sign in to your Plex account in the server.
Go to Settings > Server > Network in the Plex Web App (and toggle the Advanced settings to be visible).
The Secure connections setting can be adjusted there.

Reddit post 2

When I set my DNS to 1.1.1.1 it worked flawlessly. If you're experiencing that error try setting your DNS to 1.1.1.1!