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OSX Client with 2 NIC's

HI all,

We have a Mac Mini with 2 NIC's. One on the normal IT Network and the second to connect to the console for OSC. Whilst this is working I can't change the IP address  EOS Nomad wants to connect to to the second IP address. It is locked to the first IP. And no I can't change the order of my network interfaces, because of the changes in the routing.

Is there a way to change the IP in the shell?

Regards

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  • in reply to videohead

    As a workaround, it is possible to force Nomad to use a second NIC (on a Mac, anyway), but you'll need to reset it every time you restart the Nomad software.

    If your primary NIC is a wireless card, turn the card off.  Then start Nomad, then turn the wireless card back on.

    If your primary NIC is a wired connection, I believe you can just unplug the cable from the port, start Nomad, then plug the cable in again.  I don't have one in front of me to test... so you might actually have to remove that NIC from services list in the Network system preferences.

    Once Nomad is happily connected, it'll stay stuck on that NIC until you restart the software.  Not ideal, obviously, but perhaps it will get you through until the controls for multiple NICs are exposed.

    Hope that helps...

    ~P

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  • in reply to Paul Toben
    Hello,

    I'm going to write an ETC Support Article for this topic, but the gist is that on both Macs and PCs, you can change the adapter connection order (PC) or priority (Mac) of your Ethernet connections. In order to make this work, you'll change the order on your computer so that whichever port is associated with your lighting network comes first.

    Here's a link to a Microsoft article on how to change the order : blogs.technet.microsoft.com/.../

    Here's a link to an Apple article on how to change the order:
    support.apple.com/.../PH21578
  • in reply to Matt Pumplin

    As Florian pointed out in his post, we can't always change the  priority as it affects the routing order.

    For example, on my laptop this week I need WiFi to be the first service so I can connect to the internet. My Ethernet adaptor connected to the Eos network must be second.

  • in reply to Matt Pumplin

    HI Matt,

    Sorry to spoil the party, but that will not work in cases where your computer is connected to a corporate network as well. Let me explain our setup first.

    • Wifi is disabled on our mac mini
    • First Nic ( build in) is used to connect to corporate network to gain access to the Domian, fileserver, sharepoint, sharefile and exchange.
    • Second NIC (Thunderbolt Adapter) is connected to the dedicated Lighting Network.

    I cannot change the order of my NIC's, because I don't want all that extra traffic on my LX network, when all my services running on my mac probing on my first NIC. And yes I could block most of the extra traffic at our managed Cisco routers, but that seems to me slightly backwards, or as we would say in German " mit Kanonen auf Spatzen schiessen."

     

    Regards

  • in reply to FloBaeumler

    There are a few applications for Windows which in theory allow you to target a specific application at a specific NIC, but they are flakey to say the least. The real solution is for ETCnomad to support multiple adapters in the same way as it does on a console.

  • in reply to dsmurfin

    Hi all,

    Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but are there any plans to implement Nomad support for multiple NICs?

    EDIT: I mean, the option to choose which interface to use within the shell. 

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