Installation guide

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Kaleidescape Installation Guide Network Requirements
Network Connections
Cat5, Cat5e and Cat6 network cabling can be used. Network cabling must
have all four pairs of the cable terminated at each connector for
1000Base-T speed.
Kaleidescape strongly recommends the use of wired Ethernet network
connections between servers and players. Wireless and powerline
connections work well for providing Internet access to the Kaleidescape
System, for connecting control systems, and for accessing the browser
interface from a computer; however, a wired Ethernet network must be used
for connecting the Kaleidescape components because there is little
tolerance for latency while streaming movies or music.
Up to 54 megabits per second of network bandwidth is used while
streaming a Blu-ray movie. Blu-ray Discs are not compressed when
imported. Full audio and video fidelity are maintained.
1U and 3U Servers and 5U Servers (Model KSERVER-2500) can stream up
to 5 Blu-ray movies over a well-designed 1000Base-T network at the same
time. 5U Servers (Model KSERVER-2000) can stream one Blu-ray movie at a
time because the network interface is limited to 100Base-TX.
Network Speed Test
Kaleidescape provides a network diagnostic tool to check the bandwidth
between each player and the server. To run the Network Speed Test, go to
http://my-kaleidescape/speedtest.html. The results are sent to
Kaleidescape and appear on the system dashboard found on the
Kaleidescape Extranet.
DHCP Reservations
Assigning Fixed IP Addresses Using DHCP Reservations
DHCP reservations provide a central point of management for all IP
allocations at a site. With DHCP reservations, network parameters such as
IP addresses, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS servers are set in one
place — at the DHCP server. If any of these parameters change, only the
DHCP server has to be modified.
For most installations, the DHCP server built into the router is perfectly
adequate.
The procedure to create DHCP reservations is device-specific. Refer to the
router or DHCP server documentation for instructions. DHCP reservations
are usually made using MAC addresses. To see MAC addresses for