Configuration for both Qlan and Dante

[Fabrice50]

Hello,

i have an audio installation using Qsys Cores with Qlan and Dante software with a primary and backup  audio network in redundancy. there is only audio in that network

So my primary and backup network are exactly the same.

Talking just about the primary network:

QSys Core ------- M4300-24x |---------Fiber ----------M4300-24x

                                               |---------Fiber ----------M4300-24x

                                               |---------Fiber-----------M4300-24x-------Fiber --------M4300-8X8F

I'm lost on all the cases

-QoS and IP DSCP

-IGMP snooping and IGMP querier

Thanks

Fabrice

[Fabrice50 · Accepted solution]

Hi Laurent,

Well...... it's so simple!

i didn't know the Qsys profile would handle directly Qlan and also Dante!

Thank you for your Quick answer,

Fabrice

[LaurentMa]

Hi @Fabrice50 ,

Don't worry, it's very simple: the multicast is handled automatically by the NETGEAR IGMP Plus, and the QoS (DSCP etc.) by the various AV profiles in the AV User Interface and/or the NETGEAR Engage Controller.

Since you have several switches, please do this:

1. Install the NETGEAR Engage Controller on your PC or Mac from there: https://www.netgear.com/support/product/engage-controller/#download
2. Onboard your switches
3. Upgrade their firmware as Engage is saying so
4. Go to Site Settings, and edit the Default VLAN
5. Select the Audio Q-SYS template, and apply, apply, apply everything else
6. Save in the upper right
7. Done, your network is ready for everything QLAN, QSYS control, and Dante Audio

All steps are explained, app notes after app notes, if you follow our directions there:

https://www.netgear.com/hub/business/av/av-tech-guides/

If you have any issues, you can always reach out to the ProAV Design team, sending us an email at ProAVDesign@netgear.com

[Fabrice50 · Accepted solution]

Hi Laurent,

Well...... it's so simple!

i didn't know the Qsys profile would handle directly Qlan and also Dante!

Thank you for your Quick answer,

Fabrice

[LaurentMa]

Hi @Fabrice50 ,

Thank you, and yes - this was a very important improvement to the NETGEAR AV Line approx. one year ago in terms of Quality of Service (DSCPs, PTP, etc.) that the picture below describes nicely. From now on, any AV profile in the AV user interface and the Engage controller implements the same, unique, do-it-all QoS strategy. As a result, you can run Dante, Q-SYS, AES67, etc. using any of the profiles, anyway:

Thank you for using the NETGEAR AV Line for your AV over IP installation!

Laurent

[Fabrice50]

Hi Laurent,

In the Qsys profile configuration page there is a PTP-TC Option.

When should i use it ?

Fabrice

[LaurentMa]

Please leave it Disabled as it is by default.

PTP-TC is stamping PTP packets with the residency time in the switches (delay_req field) and you can notice it is enabled by default in AES67 Audio profile, because InterComm systems in general require it, coming from Broadcast/SMPTE world.

In the Q-SYS profiles, we set it disabled by default, because most installations don't require it. It comes down to how your Q-SYS Designer is configured. If you don't know about it, I would advise to let the PTP-TC disabled for now.