Add a Zone

When adding a new zone or sub-zone, it is important to consider where users and devices are located so that you can efficiently direct content and viewers on your network and manage your bandwidth effectively.

Also, by understanding zone logic and how to configure zone hierarchies, you also provide a fail-over for your content distribution if your devices in a specific zone fail for whatever reason.

Field Name	Required	Description
Zone Name	Yes	A descriptive name for the zone; normally indicative of where the zone will cover or what types of devices it will house.
Supports Multicast		Enabled to indicate whether or not the zone will support multicast.
IP Addresses	Yes	Both IPv4 and IPv6 zones are accepted. Note: IPv6 shorthand notation not accepted. IP addresses should be separated by carriage returns. IP ranges are divided by a dash. Example: 168.222.108.1 - 168.222.108.254 If a user’s IP address falls into the range specified, the zone will be used for that user and content will be served from that zone and device. This is important when setting up Zone Logic and Hierarchy.

Field Name	Required	Description
Available Streams		Available streams on the selected device that are available to be designated as viewing streams in the zone. Click the stream to add it to the Selected Streams column. It will then be used in the zone as a viewing stream.
Selected Streams		Streams that have been selected as viewing streams in the zone. Click a stream to remove it. It will be placed back in the Available Streams column and no longer available for use as a viewing stream.