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Press the Down button to
Subnet
Mask
Enter the Subnet Mask
(e.g.
255.255.255.0)
Press the Down button to
Gateway
Enter the Gateway
(e.g. 192.168.0.1)
Press Down button until you see
Save
Changes
and press OK twice
Note:
Failing to save changes
will result in lost settings!
Note:
Network changes to the
MBOX do not take effect until the MBOX
is rebooted. You may reboot using the
reboot
option in the main menu.
Web Content Filters
If your network is using content filtering
software from companies such as
Network Appliance or WebSense, it
must be configured to allow for the
retrieval of URLs ending in “.ogg” and
“.ovu” via HTTP on port 80 from
mbox2.trusonic.com. Many network
filtering packages exclude files with the
extension “.ogg” and “.ovu” in order to
prevent the distribution of music content.
Amount of Traffic to Expect
The MBOX is programmed to contact
Mood Media’s servers between 10pm
and 4am local time. During the
connection, the MBOX will log in via port
80, transfer its log files and retrieve new
playlist information. This exchange
usually takes less than 1 minute at 56k
and considerably less time on an
Ethernet connection.
The media files are ~ 64k mono-
encoded so a 3 minute long audio file or
song is approximately 1.5 megabytes in
size. If a new song is added to a play
list, the song will be downloaded upon
the next nightly connection.
A 3 minute song or 1.5 MB file will take
approximately 6 minutes to retrieve on a
dialup connection, and about 2 minutes
on an Ethernet connection where the
MBOX is throttled to 12kbytes/s.
Advanced Network
Configuration
The MBOX can be configured to a
specific download rate so as to not
interfere with other network appliances.
An HTTP Proxy can also be configured
on the player, should the need arise.
Setting Download Rate Limits
A download rate limit can be applied to
the 10/100 Ethernet connection on the
MBOX so as to not interfere with other
network activity. The download limit can
be configured in the Network section of
the Admin menu (see “Figure 4: Admin
Menu
on page 25). All download rates
are in kbytes/sec. The default download
limit of the MBOX is 12 kbytes/sec
(96kbits/sec).
Setting Up an HTTP Proxy
The MBOX can be configured to access
the service portion of your Mood Media
subscription through your corporation’s
proxy server. The MBOX supports basic
proxy authentication as described in
RFCs 1945, 2068 and 2617. Both user-
restricted and non user-restricted proxy
settings are supported.
To Apply an HTTP Proxy
Navigate to
HTTP Proxy IP
in the
Network
sub-menu of the Admin
Men
u as described in “Figure 4:
on page 25.
Enter the
HTTP Proxy IP (e.g.
192.168.0.200)
Press the Down button to
HTTP Proxy
Port
Enter the
HTTP Proxy Port (e.g. 3003)
