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Stack or Trunk S3300 switches for AV network
I am designing the network infrastructure for a production facility who will be transporting audio via Dante, video via NDI, communication over IP (Clear-Com) and control system traffic over multiple...
Hi A-TownMatt,
Welcome to our community! :)
Stacking has better latency than setting up a trunk. It is working logically as a single switch even though you have multiple switches inside your network. Unlike setting up a trunk, it will still hop into another switch before it goes to another.
Regards,
Hi there,
I floated this question up to the AV-over-IP team. There are some concerns about the S3300's in this deployment. S3300's are smart-managed switches and don't offer necessary Audio over IP protocols support like mDNS and other IGMP interop issues. You should definitely consider the fully managed M4300 series for your deployment instead.
https://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/managed/m4300.aspx
Let us know if you have more questions!
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