atomicbob
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1 - Crossover cable not required. Ports are auto-sensing and will sync up either directly connected or via a switch.
2 - It should work with most if not all GigE copper switches, and should even work over 10/100, especially when we're talking two channel audio. The highest network utilization I've seen on the link I'm using for Dante has been around 20Mbit/sec. We are really only using a fraction of the capacity of the network for stereo audio purposes.
3 - UTP, though as Bob pointed out, if you want to use STP and want to maintain isolation across the network connection, probably better to have the shield only connected at the source. Also, if you are using AES out, it is also transformer coupled right at the interface.
Thank-you.
So does this imply that if I dedicate an ethernet port from a laptop for Dante VAC, I could connect the laptop EN port directly to the Rednet D16 EN port using a short Cat 6 UTP and dispense with the switch for a single Rednet device system?
For the lab and larger systems I would expect to obtain one of the recommended managed switches. For portable operation it is preferable to minimize the number of items and connections necessary.