User Manual

Connecting to a Network
DANTE ACCELERATOR Operation Manual 6
Connection via a Redundant Network
Dante redundancy works by using two completely
independent and separate networks, the Primary Network and
the Secondary Network.
To set up and use Dante Redundancy, connect your redundant
Dante-enabled device using duplicate network switches and
Ethernet cables as shown below.
Connect the following to the Primary Network only:
• Any computers running Dante Controller
• Any non-redundant Dante-enabled devices
All Dante-enabled devices that support redundancy should be
connected to both the Primary and Secondary networks.
The primary and secondary networks MUST NOT be
interconnected at any point.
1. Make sure all computers are set to automatically
configure their IP address.
2. Power on the network switch.
3. Connect your Primary Ethernet cables from each
device to the Gigabit ports of the Primary network
network switch.
Primary network
Secondary network
Primary
port
Primary
port
Primary
port
Secondary
port
Secondary
port
Secondary
port
Dante-enabled device
With redundancy support
Dante Controller
Network switch 1
Network switch 2
Ethernet network
adapter
Dante
Accelerator
Dante-enabled device
Without redundancy support