Playing Media; Firewall Port Settings - NETGEAR EVA9150 - Digital Entertainer Elite User Manual

Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000/9150 User Manual
• If the firmware file is located on a USB storage device, connect the device to the USB port of
your Digital Entertainer Elite, and select Specify a location. Uncompress the file .zip file, if
necessary. The .img firmware file must be on the top level (root) of the device. If more than
one file is on the device, you are prompted to select a file.
• When the update is complete, the Digital Entertainer Elite restarts.
Warning: Be sure that power to your Digital Entertainer Elite unit is not interrupted
Note: Following a firmware update, you need to reload your media library into the
Digital Entertainer Elite from the backup location.

Playing Media

If the Digital Entertainer Elite cannot play media or music, check to see if the file is protected.
Windows Media Player 11 is required for Windows XP and Vista users to play protected files. See
the Microsoft documentation for these products.
Note: If you use Windows Media Player 11, place protected media files in one folder,
and use Windows Media Player to share only that folder. Then use the
Configuration Wizard to share all other folders.

Firewall Port Settings

The built-in Windows firewall opens ports to communicate with the Digital Entertainer Elite. For
other firewalls, you might need to open these ports:
• TCP: 49156, 49157, 49158, 49159
• UDP: 49152, 49153, 49154, 49155
If you are using a Windows PC to share media content, allow access to the following ports: 139
TCP, 445 TCP, 137 UDP, and 138 UDP for file-sharing services.
If you are using Windows Media Player to share media from Windows, configure your desktop
firewall to allow ports 10243 TCP and 10280–10284 UDP.
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during the firmware update process. Failure to observe this precaution can
permanently damage the unit.
v1.0, March 2009
Maintenance and Troubleshooting