Client Hardware Requirements

• Pentium III, 733-MHz processor (Pentium 4 recommended for audio/video presenters)
• 128 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended for audio/video presenters)
• Standard Loudspeakers/Headphones
• USB or Analog Headsets recommended
• ISDN or ADSL Internet Connection (256kbps up/down recommended for audio/video presenters)

Client Supported OS

• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Service Pack 3/Vista
• Mac OS X 10.2 and above
• Linux x86
• Sun Solaris (Sparc), Sun Solaris (Intel x86)
• HP-UX
• SGI IRIX
• Pocket PC
• OS/2

Client Software Requirements

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, CompuServe 7, AOL 8, Opera 7.11, Safari 1.x, or newer
• Macromedia Flash Player Browser Plug-in 7 or above (v8 or higher recommended)
• Presenters Require a Small, Standalone Application to Enable Screen Sharing; Not Required by Participant to View Presenter’s Screen

Local Area Network

• 100Mb Wired Ethernet
• Switched Backbone
• Full Duplex

Server Network Connection

• Gigabit Wired Ethernet
• Switched Backbone
• Full Duplex

Firewall Configuration

• Client to Server
  The user device (typically a computer) must be able to establish connections to the SAFARI Montage Live! server using the following ports/protocols:
  • Required:
    • 80 (TCP) - http (user interface)
    • 1935 (TCP/UDP) - RTMP (flash access)
  • Optional: 443 (TCP) - https (user interface, encrypted, if enabled)

Network

• All SAFARI Montage products rely on well-configured local and wide-area networks.
• SAFARI Digital Transcoders & Selective Video Streaming perform optimally when network switches and routers (for WANs) are configured to support multicasting, now standard on most current networking equipment.
• Performance of SAFARI Montage may be enhanced with Quality of Service (“QoS”) network configurations and/or packetshapers.