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Genie Distribution WNET Manual v3
20.3
Configuring IP Settings
Open the HTML5 Toolbox Web-GUI and click
Transport
and then click
Network
to view and
configure Ethernet and VLAN interface settings in the Web-GUI.
Important Note:
For assistance with configuration of IPv4 or IPv6 network connections
contact your IT Administrator.
IPv4 versus IPv6
An IP address is a unique address to identify a device on a TCP/IP network. Your codec uses dual
IP protocol stacks to allow your codec to work on both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Tieline codecs
support both DHCP (default) IP addressing and static IP addresses for dialing IPv4 connection
endpoints.
If you want to dial a codec with a public IP address you simply dial the IP address to connect. If you
want to dial a codec with a private IP address you need to perform network address translation
(NAT). NAT allows a single device, such as a broadband router, to act as an agent between the
public internet and a local private LAN. Usually this will be set up at the studio end so you can dial
into the studio from the remote codec.
Support for IPv6 connections allows you to use IPv6 infrastructure to connect to other codecs
globally.
Configuring Ethernet Ports and VLANs
The codec features two physical Ethernet port interfaces and up to four additional VLAN interfaces.
VLAN interfaces have features similar to physical Ethernet interfaces. However, your network
administrator will need to configure VLAN support throughout your network for them to be supported
in your codec.
As an example, if only one physical Ethernet interface is available, VLANs can be used to operate
SmartStream PLUS or to separate codec
Control and Streaming
functions if required. Ethernet
and VLAN interfaces can be configured for:
·
Controlling audio: codec control and command only from the Ethernet port.
·
Controlling and Streaming: stream audio and control and command the codec via the Ethernet
port.
·
Streaming audio: stream audio only from an Ethernet port (
ETH2
and
VLANs
only).
·
Nothing: Disable the Ethernet port from streaming audio and codec command and control
(
VLANs
only).
Select the
Details tab
in the
Network
panel to edit control and streaming settings. Select the
Enable
check-box to activate each interface.
ETH1
and
ETH2
are enabled by default. Note: An
Ethernet interface with a green status indication is enabled and has an active LAN cable attached.
An Ethernet interface with red text and a yellow status indication is enabled, however a network
cable is not attached. A VLAN interface with red text and a yellow status indication is enabled but
unavailable for some reason, e.g. VLAN networking is not configured correctly. An interface in red
text with a red status indication is disabled, e.g.
VLANs
in the following image.