Hi all,
I have a question regarding setting up a redundant network for the Gio.
To get some context, we do theater tours and mostly don't spend more than one day on location before moving to the next. we operate our lighting rig using a Gio at FOH connected over ethernet to, depending on the need, a network switch which runs to multiple Response gateway nodes.
However since we spend relatively little time at a location we might run into untested network infrastructure that sometimes fails us. might be due to cable length, someone tripping over cables ran on stage, there are as always multiple reasons. we've recently had a few occasions where the network would completely disconnect which leads to a total blackout when the nodes run out of their hold time which is not fun during a live show.
Using an RPU is not something we're interested in at the moment, mostly for financial and rack space reasons, and an RPU would not solve the issue of a total disconnect either since running the show and going forward in cues has to happen from FOH and will not work if that's disconnected regardless.
I'm therefore looking into running 2 ethernet lines from FOH to stage to set up a redundant network. Ive done this before with audio networks which do offer intuitive support for this (Audinates Dante, or Avid's AVB) but I cannot find a "supported" way to do this with etc eos.
Ive currently created a setup that does work and takes over in case of an ethernet disconnect, however when in setup the console complains about the 2 networks being in the same subnet. It does function fine however regardless.
Can I safely ignore this warning or is there any software related reason that I want to find another way to set this up.
does anyone have any experience setting up something similar? I have not been able to find anything regarding this specifically
Thanks!
Gr. Denson