23-Jul-2019, 21:23
To clarify, you can use a direct (point-to-point) connection between two Ethernet devices, such as a computer (e.g. Roon Nucleus, Mac Mini, ...) and a Devialet provided:
1) at least one of the devices has automatic cross-over ("Auto MDI-X"), or you use an Ethernet cross-over cable;
and
2) you manually configure a fixed, static IP address on each device, making sure they are different but on the same IP subnet.
Most devices nowadays do have auto MDI-X so usually a cross-over cable is not needed.
The details of how to set up static IP addresses vary from one device/computer to another. For the Devialet Expert family, it is done using the configurator.
1) at least one of the devices has automatic cross-over ("Auto MDI-X"), or you use an Ethernet cross-over cable;
and
2) you manually configure a fixed, static IP address on each device, making sure they are different but on the same IP subnet.
Most devices nowadays do have auto MDI-X so usually a cross-over cable is not needed.
The details of how to set up static IP addresses vary from one device/computer to another. For the Devialet Expert family, it is done using the configurator.
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