The practice of maintaining an entertainment lighting network on completely separate physical hardware, including dedicated switches and cabling, with no connection to any other local network or the public internet. While VLAN isolation is a highly effective logical alternative, manufacturers like ETC prefer complete physical separation for advanced managed networks to completely eliminate the risk of rogue DHCP servers, IT security scans, and unauthorized external access.
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Physical Separation
Physical Separation
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VLAN Isolation
The practice of using virtual networks to keep critical lighting control data completely isolated from corporate, guest, or administrative network traffic.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
A network protocol that dynamically assigns IP addresses and other network configuration parameters to devices on a network.
DHCP Conflict
An IP addressing error that occurs when multiple DHCP servers exist on the same local subnet.