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Offline chrisatpsu

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multiple dongles...
« on: January 01, 2012, »
i think somewhere it was mentioned that a special "yet to be released firmware" was needed to run two EtherDongles on Pixelnet.

Is this also the case, if you want to run one as pixelnet, and one as DMX?
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Re: multiple dongles...
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2012, »
{shaking the magic 8 ball}

wait for it……….

ugh - "Try again"

{shaking the magic 8 ball again}

How would each dongle know which one gets the pixelnet or dmx? other words Who's on first

Since the computer is sending out multicast both would think its number 1  >:D

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Re: multiple dongles...
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, »
does multicast listen/transmit on any class C address, or can you tell it to listen on a specific class C ex:  10.1.1.x or 10.1.2.x ?

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Re: multiple dongles...
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, »
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does multicast listen/transmit on any class C address, or can you tell it to listen on a specific class C ex:  10.1.1.x or 10.1.2.x ?

Myk

Multicast is defined for a specific address ranges that all hardware knows how to handle... it must know to forward multicast traffic.

MULTICAST Address   |     224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255

If you are a listener for multicast, then you open a port on a device using one of these addresses.
If you are a sender over multicast, then you send to that address and port.

A class-C can send, but a class C cannot receive.  BUT hardware (routers, swithes) knows to treat multicast differently.

Multicast can be routable through firewalls, but you may need to do something special with your router/firewall for it to work for you.  Since you are likely doing everything BEHIND a firewall, you have nothing you need to do with outside access.
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Re: multiple dongles...
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, »
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Re: multiple dongles...
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I am so new. . . All I understood was "blah, blah, blah (think of Peanuts, when an adult talks). :)

I know with everybody's help, I will understand all of this soon.

Here's to a year of learning!

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