EOS Ti & back up console

Question

Hi all 
 
 I am currently at the start of a medium sized production and have an Eos control system in place. 
 
 We are using an Eos Ti as the main control. I have 3 nodes and they are happy on the network. The console is out front with the 3 nodes at back stage fed through a switch. This is an unmanaged item. 
 My query is re the back up console. We are using an Ion 3k as a back up. When we put the console on the same switch, it is not recognised at all. No network light appears on etc, The console in ABOUT shows no IP and so on. 
 
 If I run the Ion into the second port of the EOS and assign it an IP no in the range of 2.101.***.***., it will see the console et al. We are looking to put the ION 3K on to the same switch so as to utilise the back up console properly i.e. if the EOS goes down, I would like the back up sitting on the main network so as to be utilised etc. 
 
 So to confirm, the Ion 3k is visible through the second network port from the Eos but not through the first network and related switches etc. 
 
 I am wondering if anyone could shed some light on what I may be doing wrong or have I just missed something? 
 
 All consoles, gateways et al are in the range of 10.101.***.***. 
 
 Many thanks 
 
 Eamon

eamonfx · Answer

Hi all 
 
Managed to sort this issue. 
 
Having spoken to another programmer, they gave me an idea of what I might have been doing wrong. 
 
I have now placed a second network switch at the FOH position. This has cured all the problems and the back up and primary are now talking. 
I was under the belief that the ethernet ports on the TI were still switches like the classics. This is not the case and that is where I was being tripped up. With the second network switch at FOH, communication happened instantly. 
 
Have to read up more on my networking!

Many thanks to all who posed suggestions and help.

Eamon