Network Port Settings

Owned by Elisa Diel (Unlicensed)
Last updated: 10 Apr 2023 by Alon Men
2 min read

For the Zixi Broadcaster operating as a streaming server, the following ports must be opened on your Firewall(s) as described below:

Network Settings for Zixi Broadcaster as Streaming Server

Port
Type
Direction
Description
Protocol

2088/7088

***

UDP

Inbound*

Push input from a Zixi enabled feeding software **Zixi

2077/7077

***

UDP

Inbound*

Pull output by Zixi enabled receiving software **

Zixi

2088/7088

***

UDP

Outbound*

Push output to a Zixi Broadcaster or AWS MediaConnect

Zixi

2077/7077

***

UDP

Outbound*

Pull input from a Zixi Broadcaster or AWS MediaConnect

Zixi

1935

TCP

Inbound*

Push input from RTMP enabled software

RTMP

1935

TCP

Outbound*

Push output to CDN origin server or RTMP enabled software

RTMP

7777

TCP

Inbound*

Pull output from HTML5 video player or CDN caching software

HLS or DASH

4444

TCP

Inbound*

Web management UI

HTTP
80/443

TCP


Outbound*

Communication to Zixi License server - 

license.zixi.com, license2.zixi.com

  • 52.72.218.41

  • 34.195.97.223

  • 3.140.62.221

  • 3.137.16.26

ZEN Master Backend Servers

  • 18.210.103.157

  • 23.20.44.73

  • 34.200.88.233

  • 34.238.1.65

  • 35.170.111.151

  • 52.4.9.203

HTTP/HTTPS
53TCP & UDPOutbound*Communication to Domain Name Server

* Return traffic must be enabled.

** The maximum recommended throughput per port is 1Gbps. If more throughput is expected through the Broadcaster, additional ports for the Zixi protocol can be defined on the General page under the Settings tab.

*** 7077 and 7088 use DTLS encryption



For ZEC operating as a feeder device to a remote Zixi Broadcaster or AWS MediaConnect, the following ports must be opened on your Firewall(s) as described below:

Network Settings for ZEC as a Feeder Device

PortTypeDirectionDescriptionProtocol
2088/7088***UDPOutbound*Push output to a Zixi Broadcaster or AWS MediaConnectZixi
1935TCPInbound*Push input from RTMP enabled softwareRTMP
4444TCPInbound *

Web management UI

HTTP
80/443

TCP


Outbound*

Communication to Zixi License server - 

license.zixi.com, license2.zixi.com

  • 52.72.218.41

  • 34.195.97.223

  • 3.140.62.221

  • 3.137.16.26

ZEN Master Backend Servers

  • 18.210.103.157

  • 23.20.44.73

  • 34.200.88.233

  • 34.238.1.65

  • 35.170.111.151

  • 52.4.9.203

HTTP/HTTPS

53TCP & UDPOutbound*Communication to Domain Name Server

* Return traffic must be enabled.

** The maximum recommended throughput per port is 1Gbps. If more throughput is expected through the Broadcaster, additional ports for the Zixi protocol can be defined on the General page under the Settings tab.

*** 7077 and 7088 use DTLS encryption


For the ZEC operating as a receiver device, the following ports must be opened on your Firewall(s) as described below:


Network Settings for ZEC as a Receiver Device

PortTypeDirectionDescriptionProtocol

2077/7077

***		UDPOutbound*Pull input from a Zixi Broadcaster or AWS MediaConnectZixi
1935TCPInbound*Push output to CDN origin server or RTMP enabled softwareRTMP
7777TCPInbound*

Pull output from HTML5 video player or CDN caching software

HLS or DASH
4444TCPInbound*Web management UIHTTP
80/443

TCP


Outbound*

Communication to Zixi License server - 

license.zixi.com, license2.zixi.com

  • 52.72.218.41

  • 34.195.97.223

  • 3.140.62.221

  • 3.137.16.26

ZEN Master Backend Servers

  • 18.210.103.157

  • 23.20.44.73

  • 34.200.88.233

  • 34.238.1.65

  • 35.170.111.151

  • 52.4.9.203

HTTP/HTTPS
53TCP & UDPOutbound*Communication to Domain Name Server

* Return traffic must be enabled.

** The maximum recommended throughput per port is 1Gbps. If more throughput is expected through the Broadcaster, additional ports for the Zixi protocol can be defined on the General page under the Settings tab.

*** 7077 and 7088 use DTLS encryption