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robporetti
Feb 26, 2021Aspirant
Researching 8 port switches with ability to disable EEE
I am looking for an inexpensive network switch that I can turn off EEE. I've been on the web and reading many posts on this forum and completely disheartened about the mis-information, contractory s...
robporetti
Mar 01, 2021Aspirant
I think this response:
"Send all this - including my independent answers (I'm neither paid nor supported by Netgear) above - to Audinate and their business partners licensing and implementing Dante technology."
...is a microcosm of your understanding of DANTE, and the hundreds of manufacturers that create DANTE products for the AV marketplace.
Thanks for taking the time to respond.
Is there someone that works in an AV market that has a different opinion about an 8-port DANTE compatable switch, where 300 manfuacturers that makes thousands of DANTE enabled products, and will site DANTE requirements as soon as the smallest problem occurs?
schumaku
Mar 01, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Microcosmos is a good definition. Taking the amount of GbE switch ports manufactured in small switches/routers and deployed annually it must be in the not in the mili 10E-3, much more in the micro 10E-6 area.
Look, I had and still have similar discussions with my sons which are active as pro AV/sound engineers / Tonmeister - challenging me regularly for this "magic" 8-Port switch for DANTE for small deployments and mini-stage installations.
robporetti wrote:Is there someone that works in an AV market that has a different opinion about an 8-port DANTE compatable switch, where 300 manfuacturers that makes thousands of DANTE enabled products, and will site DANTE requirements as soon as the smallest problem occurs?
There are much more requirements for a truly DANTE capable switch than the ability to disable Green Ethernet.
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