Apparatus, method, and computer program for streaming media peripheral address and capability configuration

1. A system, comprising:

a network-enabled device;

a streaming media device communicatively connected to the network-enabled device, wherein the streaming media device is configured to generate and send a request including a vendor identifier, a circuit identifier, and a remote identifier, to the network-enabled device; and

a hardware processor coupled to the network-enabled device and configured to:

identify the request as including the vendor identifier, the circuit identifier and the remote identifier; and

allow the request and transmit an acknowledgment that includes the circuit identifier and the remote identifier to the streaming media device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network-enabled device and the streaming media device are linked to establish a point-to-point connection.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the request includes Option 82 information.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the Option 82 information includes the circuit identifier and the remote identifier.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the request is allowed based on a vendor matching policy and the system further includes a physical memory storing the vendor matching policy.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the vendor matching policy comprises approved circuit identification and remote identification.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute a vendor matching policy to determine whether to allow the request from the streaming media device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to inspect a media access control layer of the request from the streaming media device to determine whether to allow the request from the streaming media device.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving a request generated by and transmitted from a streaming media device communicatively connected to a network-enabled device, the request generated by the streaming media device including a vendor identifier, a circuit identifier, and a remote identifier;

identifying, by a hardware processor communicatively connected to the network enabled device, the request as including the vendor identifier, the circuit identifier and the remote identifier; and

allowing the request and transmitting, by the hardware processor, an acknowledgment that includes the circuit identifier and the remote identifier to the streaming media device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the network-enabled device and the streaming media device are linked to establish a point-to-point connection.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the request includes Option 82 information.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the Option 82 information includes the circuit identifier and the remote identifier.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the request is allowed based on a vendor matching policy that includes approved circuit identification and remote identification.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising inspecting, by the hardware processor, a media access control layer of the request from the streaming media device to determine whether to allow the request from the streaming media device.

15. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program configured to cause a processor to:

receive a request generated by and transmitted from a streaming media device, the request generated by the streaming media device including a vendor identifier, a circuit identifier, and a remote identifier;

identify the request as including the vendor identifier, the circuit identifier and the remote identifier; and

allow the request and transmit an acknowledgment that includes the circuit identifier and the remote identifier to the streaming media device.

16. The computer program of claim 15 , wherein the network-enabled device and the streaming media device are linked to establish a point-to-point connection.

17. The computer program of claim 15 , wherein the request includes Option 82 information.

18. The computer program of claim 17 , wherein the Option 82 information includes the circuit identifier and the remote identifier.

19. The computer program of claim 15 , wherein the request is allowed based on a vendor matching policy that includes approved circuit identification and remote identification.

20. The computer program of claim 15 , wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the processor to inspect a media access control layer of the request from the streaming media device to determine whether to allow the request from the streaming media device.