Network Port Settings
- Elisa Diel (Unlicensed)
- Alon Men
- alon.men@zixi.com
- Eli Pielet (Writec) (Unlicensed)
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
ZEN Master Backend Servers
| HTTP/HTTPS |
| 53 | TCP & UDP | Outbound* | 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
| Port | Type | Direction | Description | Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2088/7088*** | UDP | Outbound* | Push output to a Zixi Broadcaster or AWS MediaConnect | Zixi |
| 1935 | TCP | Inbound* | Push input from RTMP enabled software | RTMP |
| 4444 | TCP | Inbound * | Web management UI | HTTP |
| 80/443 | TCP | Outbound* | Communication to Zixi License server - license.zixi.com, license2.zixi.com
ZEN Master Backend Servers
| HTTP/HTTPS |
| 53 | TCP & UDP | Outbound* | 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
| Port | Type | Direction | Description | Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2077/7077 *** | UDP | Outbound* | Pull input from a Zixi Broadcaster or AWS MediaConnect | Zixi |
| 1935 | TCP | Inbound* | 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
ZEN Master Backend Servers
| HTTP/HTTPS |
| 53 | TCP & UDP | Outbound* | 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