PD Dante
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Configuring Dante Networks
You can configure your Dante network in one of two ways
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Switched (non-redundant) in this mode the Primary and Secondary ports are
effectively two ports of a switch and it does not matter which port you connect too.
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Redundant mode where the Primary port and Secondary port must be connected to
two independent networks. This then gives complete redundancy to the network
Correct IP configuration
Dante hardware devices are set to obtain their IP address automatically from the network.
They will either:
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Automatically assign themselves an address in the range 169.254.*.* (172.31.*.* for
the secondary network if present), or
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Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server if it is present on the network
Your PC or Mac TCP/IP network configuration set should be set to 'Obtain an IP address
automatically'. This way it will automatically acquire a Link Local automatic IP address in
the same network as other Dante devices. If a DHCP server is present, the computer and
Dante devices will all acquire their IP addresses via DHCP.
Possible IP network configuration mistakes
Possible network configuration errors are listed below. Dante Controller will try to
automatically detect these. If detected the offending device will be displayed in red.
Incorrect PC/Mac IP configuration
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Accidentally having multiple network interfaces with addresses in the same subnet
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If your secondary network is using Link Local (no DHCP server), all devices on that
network will be in the 172.31.*.* range. The secondary network interface for the
computer must be manually configured (using static IP addressing) to the same
range.
Incorrect general IP configuration
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Accidentally having multiple DHCP servers on the same network
Unusual – for example, someone may have a PC connected to the network with a
DHCP server running that they’re not aware of.
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Incorrectly configured static IP addresses
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You shouldn’t typically need to configure static IP addresses at all. If for some reason
you do, it must be in the same subnet as the rest of the network.