On Thu, Aug 13, 2020, at 4:33 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > How does one hide a network interface from a badly-written application? > > I'm using Plex Media Server as a DVR, it it seems to have been written > by Windows programmers who assume that your computer exists for no > purpose other than running their program and their program alone. It > spews multicast and broadcast packets on all network interfaces > regardless of which interface you configure it to use. > > Is creating a network namespace that contains only the interfaces Plex > is allowed to use the best way to try to fix this problem? [Assuming > the developers won't do anything about it.] >
Yes, though you typically have to go out of your way to select a single interface. Have you filed a bug report? Can you link to it?
