M329 - Artnet input issues

[Mr_P]

I think you need to go back to basics - and simplify your non-artnet control network... Its never a good idea connecting to the internet with show macs.

Catalyst listens to the 1st network adaptor available as defined by network preferences.
You can set the service order manually - but there is no way of locking catalyst to a particular network port (unless you turn all the rest off) Its an OS issue.

I guess you are doing this already - but for others who are reading:
Catalsyt doesnt actually have to be on a 2.x.x.x address to receive artnet (just so long as one of the network ports is set up in this range) This is how you can split artnet from Sync ID and 'control' if the other network port is set to a non-artnet IP address (192.x.x.x)

S

[SourceChild]

Ryan,

You are having packet collisions. Unfortunately to operate effectively on a multi vlan network like this you'll need to be using Layer 3 or higher switches.

In effect, Artnet is such a dumb protocol that Catalyst seeing misc packets from other devices and it's interpreting those as legitimate data.

Try changing the gateway address of the hog to itself and then change the gateway address of the Cats to the hog as well. This won't mean anything but it will make the Cat ethernet adaptors thing that routing needs to go through the Hog. Nothing will happen since you're not technically processing any TCP but nevertheless, it will put a stop to other devices interfering.

Also, make sure all your other devices are on a different subnet. Only the ArtNet out and Artnet In devices need to be on the same subnet. This way you can get away with an L2 switch that will work fine.

[ajmaudio]

I think you need to go back to basics - and simplify your non-artnet control network... Its never a good idea connecting to the internet with show macs.

Catalyst listens to the 1st network adaptor available as defined by network preferences.
You can set the service order manually - but there is no way of locking catalyst to a particular network port (unless you turn all the rest off) Its an OS issue.

I guess you are doing this already - but for others who are reading:
Catalsyt doesnt actually have to be on a 2.x.x.x address to receive artnet (just so long as one of the network ports is set up in this range) This is how you can split artnet from Sync ID and 'control' if the other network port is set to a non-artnet IP address (192.x.x.x)

S

Are you saying if one ethernet prt is set to 2.x.x.x and the other is 192.x.x.x that cat will send sync date via the latter? I think I am missing something... Please clarify as this info would be very useful to me currently