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AuditorRSTO  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, January 16, 2024 1:36:30 AM(UTC)
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We are doing typically livestreams at hotel conference rooms.
We are using the internet provided by the hotel.

Setup would be 3 NDI PTZ and 1 powerpoint notebook also ingested via NDI.

Do we need a managed switch like the Netgear AV series
or is an unmanaged switch sufficient because of the small setup?

I saw some setups with a router - in which case would we need that?


ps. is there a source where i can see sample setups for NDI and VMIX in hotel/conference environments?
mavik  
#2 Posted : Thursday, March 28, 2024 11:48:12 PM(UTC)
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I would highly recommend a good switch/router for your equipment. Do a stand alone setup as if the hotel wouldn't be there and make everything work. If the switch is unmanaged you would need a router for DHCP and routes to the internet and such. Switches are layer 2 and have no idea about IP addresses, routes etc. For switches make sure the switching bandwidth is providing full bandwidth concurrently on all ports. An 8 port 1G switch would need a switching capacity of 8x 1G in and 8x 1G out. So 16G switching capacity.
With managed switches you would want to setup VLANs or multicast for different sort of traffic. NDI, Dante..... Apply a DHCP on the VLAN and create a route to all VLANs so you have internet from the router not only on VLAN1.
Think about your setup in full load. A 1G link can manage 4 Full NDI feeds. If you add more feeds switch to HX or a higher speed link.
I have very good experiences with Mikrotik and Netgear Equipment.
A special focus need to be on the hotel connection. They are usually very poor, unstable and very unreliable, especially at low load (during setup and test) and the event (many people high load) itself. Always have a plan B in terms of external internet connections that ideally are bonded with the hotel one.
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