CURIOPlayer Z8 Network Requirements
HOW IT WORKS
CURIOPlayer Z8 hardware communicates with PlayNetwork's content delivery network to perform the
following operations:
• Retrieves content and scheduling updates, configuration changes, and PlayNetwork software updates during the scheduled download window.
• Performs time sync operation with PlayNetwork servers.
• Sends periodic status messages to PlayNetwork servers.
NETWORK TOPOLOGY
Customer Location
Site Firewall - Media Player
PlayNetwork Content Delivery Network
PLAYER NETWORK REQUIREMENTS
• IP address via DHCP or static (IP address, gateway, subnet mask, primary DNS, and secondary DNS).
• DNS resolution.
• Internet access to communicate with PlayNetwork's Content Delivery Network.
ROUTER / FIREWALL SETTINGS
Preferred Method
Whitelist using the following preferred method:
SOURCE // DESTINATION // PORT / PROTOCOL // OUTBOUND // INBOUND
Player VLAN or Player IP // Any // 443 (TCP) // Allow // Deny
Player VLAN or Player IP // Any // 80 (TCP) // Allow // Deny
Player VLAN or Player IP // client selected DNS server // 53 (UDP) // Allow // Deny
Player VLAN or Player IP // Any // 123 (UDP) Allow Deny
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