Which Network Ports does Dante Use?
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General Dante Ports
External
| Address | Port | Usage | Type |
| 239.255.0.0/16 | 4321 | ATP Multicast Audio | Multicast |
| 239.69.0.0/16 | 5004 | AES67 Multicast Audio (RTP / AVP port) | Multicast |
| 224.0.1.129-132 | 319, 320 | PTP | Multicast & Unicast when using DDM |
| 224.0.0.251 | 5353 | mDNS | Multicast |
| 224.0.0.230 – 233 | 8700 – 8708 | Multicast Control and Monitoring | Multicast |
| 239.254.1.1 | 9998 | Logging | Multicast |
| 239.254.3.3 | 9998 | PTP Logging (if enabled) | Multicast |
| 239.254.44.44 | 9998 | Logging | Multicast |
| 239.255.255.255 | 9875 | SAP (AES67 discovery) | Multicast |
| UDP | 28800, 28700-28708 | Via control & monitoring (External) | Unicast |
| UDP | 38800, 38700-38708 | DVS control & monitoring (External) | Unicast |
Internal
| Protocol | Port | Usage | Type |
| UDP | 14336 -14591 | Unicast Audio [Excluding Via] | Unicast |
| UDP | 34336-34600 | Unicast Audio [Via Only] | Unicast |
| UDP | 4440, 4444, 4455 | Audio Control [Excluding Via] | Unicast |
| UDP | 24440, 24441,24444,24455 | Audio Control [Via Only] | Unicast |
| UDP | 4777 | Via Control [Via Only] | Unicast |
| TCP | 4777 | Via Websocket | Unicast |
| UDP | 8850,28900, 24445 | Via control & Monitoring (Internal) | Unicast |
| UDP | 8850,38900,8899 | DVS control & monitoring (Internal) | Unicast |
| UDP | 8000 | Dante Domain Manager Device Port | Unicast |
| UDP | 8001 | Dante Millau Device Proxy (Internal only) | Unicast |
| UDP | 8002 | Dante Lock Server | Unicast |
| UDP | 8751 | Dante Controller metering port (From FPGA based devices) | Unicast |
| UDP | 8800 | Control & Monitoring (Excluding DVS-4.0 and Via) | Unicast |
| TCP | 8753 | mDNS clients (Internal only) | Unicast |
| TCP | 16100-16131 | HDCP Authentication for Video Endpoints | Unicast |
| UDP | 61440-61951 | FPGA level audio flow keepalive | Unicast |
Audinate Servers
Dante Via
| Address | Port | Usage |
| software-license-via.audinate.com | 443 | License server |
| software-links-via.audinate.com | 80,443 | Online user documentation |
| software-updates-via.audinate.com | 80,443 | Automatic updates |
Dante Virtual Soundcard
| Address | Port | Usage |
| license.audinate.com | 80 | License server |
Dante Updater
| Address | Port | Usage |
| firmware-update.audinate.com | 443 | Downloading firmware files and device details |
Dante Domain Manager
Outbound
| Address | Port | Usage |
| software-license-ddm.audinate.com | TCP 443 | Software licensing |
| software-certificates-ddm.audinate.com | TCP 443 | Certificate acquisition and signing |
| software-updates-ddm.audinate.com | TCP 443 | Software updates |
| software-links-ddm.audinate.com | TCP 443 | Online user documentation |
| ANY | UDP8700, 8800, 28700, 28800, 38700, 38800 | Device enrolment via IP |
Inbound
| Port | Usage |
| TCP 80 | Web user interface (non-TLS) |
| TCP 443 | Web user interface (TLS) |
| UDP 8000 | Device communications |
| TCP 8001 | Controller communications |
| TCP 8443 | Controller login |
| TCP 8081 | High availability service |
| TCP 27017 | High availability database sync |
| UDP 8702 | Device Enrolment via IP |
Dante Firmware Update Software
| Protocol | Port | Usage | Type | Application |
| UDP | 69 | TFTP Server | Unicast | Firrmware Update Manager Dante Updater |
| UDP | 9005 | TFTP Server | Unicast | Firrmware Update Manager |
| UDP | 67 | Failsafe recovery (old devices) | Unicast | Dante Updater |
| UDP | 6700 | Failsafe recovery | Unicast | Dante Updater |
Dante Firmware Activations (Broadway, IP Core)
| Address | Port | Usage |
| hardware-activations.audinate.com | 443 | Dante Activation Manager |
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