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Any Soundgrid/Network wizards out there?
Benjamin Krumholz:
--- Quote from: Tim Weaver on October 20, 2019, 09:43:27 AM ---We are using Netgear GC728XP. It worked with the older netgear switches, and these are brand new and higher spec. Unfortunately I have no control over what switches are used for the network, and I can't take the host computer off the dante network.
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Couple Options: Create another Vlan on the new Switch for the SoundGrid Network devices. Connect all your Soundgrid cards and Servers to that VLAN. Use a USB or Thunderbolt NIC on the control computer to access Soundgrid Network. Then use the Built in NIC to access Dante. Or Vise Versa.
Hear Technologies makes a Dante to Soundgrid Bridge.
https://www.waves.com/hardware/hear-technologies-wsg-bridge
Use your old switches to make a separate "Soundgrid Network" with their own switches.. Transfer audio between networks with the Bridge.
I would still get a USB NIC for the Remote control computer.. No problem to use a dongle for the Dante connection if you want to keep the built in NIC for the Soundgrid Network
Tim Weaver:
--- Quote from: Brian Bolly on October 20, 2019, 10:16:06 AM ---Do you have a dual NIC card/adapter option on the host computer?
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I use the built in ethernet nic for Dante (and used to be soundgrid too) and use the wifi for non essential stuff, vnc, web, etc/.
Tim Weaver:
--- Quote from: Benjamin Krumholz on October 20, 2019, 10:37:43 AM ---Couple Options: Create another Vlan on the new Switch for the SoundGrid Network devices. Connect all your Soundgrid cards and Servers to that VLAN. Use a USB or Thunderbolt NIC on the control computer to access Soundgrid Network. Then use the Built in NIC to access Dante. Or Vise Versa.
Hear Technologies makes a Dante to Soundgrid Bridge.
https://www.waves.com/hardware/hear-technologies-wsg-bridge
Use your old switches to make a separate "Soundgrid Network" with their own switches.. Transfer audio between networks with the Bridge.
I would still get a USB NIC for the Remote control computer.. No problem to use a dongle for the Dante connection if you want to keep the built in NIC for the Soundgrid Network
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This might have to be the answer I guess.
I have a Cisco SG300 sitting here unused. We had a pair of those running the Dante just for this room, but then we expanded to sending dante between buildings, etc. IT wanted the same switches everywhere for easier management. It was an issue getting the Cisco switches to live happily on the predominatly netgear network.
Andrew Hollis:
Test your devices by connecting them directly to each other.
If it still doesn’t work it’s not your switch/network, it’s the devices.
There’s more to it than IGMP so look into that too:
https://www.audinate.com/sites/default/files/PDF/adding-dante-to-your-network-audinate.pdf
Tim Weaver:
--- Quote from: Andrew Hollis on October 21, 2019, 11:15:46 AM ---Test your devices by connecting them directly to each other.
If it still doesn’t work it’s not your switch/network, it’s the devices.
There’s more to it than IGMP so look into that too:
https://www.audinate.com/sites/default/files/PDF/adding-dante-to-your-network-audinate.pdf
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To be clear, I'm not having any problems (currently) with dante. It's getting soundgrid to live peacefully on the same network as Dante. Soundgrid is Waves' proprietary version of digital audio transport. As of right now I have to use soundgrid to connect the console to the servers and the imac host running the multirack host software.
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