Technical Articles and Howto's

• Configuring IGMP in a LAN to Control Multicast IPTV Streams
  The main principles of IGMP snooping are discussed for the case when the switch and the IGMP querier are separate devices.


• Configuring IGMP in a LAN to Control Multicast IPTV Streams
  with the Use of Cisco Catalyst 3550-12T
  A scheme is described with Cisco Catalyst 3550-12T combining the functions of both a switch and an IGMP querier.


• Configuring Streaming Satellite Channels into a LAN (IPTV)
  Nowadays the main source of digital TV channels is receiving them from satellites using DVB-S technology. This method is notable for simplicity of deploying and variety of multimedia content on satellites. In this article it is discussed the way to receive satellite channels using NetUP's DVB to IP gateway software (hereafter, streamer) on Linux OS.


• NetUP DRM/CA System Overview
  The main principles of work of NetUP's conditional access system with real-time encryption of multimedia streams is discussed.


• Configuring Streamer via Web Interface
  NetUP's streamer configuration guide. Streamer administration web interface is described.


• Transcoding Movies from DVDs into MPEG Files
  An article that describes how to convert movies from DVD's into files for VOD servers using tools available under the Linux OS.