S3 static IP address

[Kyle Splittgerber]

Hey Luke,

Regarding the laptop, you can use DHCP when you connect the S3 directly to the network interface on the computer. And, what do you mean about no network connectivity? No switch?

In the other studio, is this also a direct connect scenario? If that second Ethernet port is DHCP with the S3 connected, it would only see the S3 on that port. I think I am missing why connecting to the second Ethernet port requires a Static IP.

Thanks for the info.

[LukeHoward]

Laptop case: no switch, no WiFi. For example. Second Ethernet, similar story - someone has to be the DHCP server, either you set one up explicitly or you bridge to the main Ethernet (Internet sharing can do this). Setting one up explicitly worked for me.

[Kyle Splittgerber]

Sorry, I am still confused. Is DHCP not working for you in either case?

S3 serves the IP address to the Mac when its configured for DHCP. In both of your scenarios DHCP should work without you having to do anything special. We've done a lot of testing in direct connect/DHCP configs.

[made]

On my setup it was plug and play. Ethernet cable connected and set to DHCP in network preferences.
it looks like that:

http://duc.avid.com/attachment.php?a...1&d=1424940807

[LukeHoward]

Originally Posted by Kyle Splittgerber

Sorry, I am still confused. Is DHCP not working for you in either case?

S3 serves the IP address to the Mac when its configured for DHCP. In both of your scenarios DHCP should work without you having to do anything special. We've done a lot of testing in direct connect/DHCP configs.

My apologies. It does indeed work. For whatever (presumably unrelated) reason it didn't work when I first tested it, and I was biased against testing this approach further because I presumed that the S3 could only be a DHCP client. My bad.

Please feel free to delete this thread And perhaps update the documentation to make it clear.

[Bill Denton]

Kyle...

I'm sorry, but you are still using confusing terminology and failing to explain some key points...

The term "uses DHCP" is generally thought of in a client context, which is the only context in which a lot of users will encounter the term.

Apparently, you are saying that the S3 contains a DHCP server. Is this correct? In either case, this really should be detailed in the S3 documentation.

If so, please detail what happens if you put an S3 on a network that already has a DHCP server running.

I know that on the S6, the DHCP server is there to facilitate using a dedicated hardware Eucon network. Is this also the reason for a DHCP server's inclusion on the S3? I have seen from other posts that Avid's position is one of strongly recommending the use of a dedicated hardware Eucon network. If this is the case, this really should be detailed both "on the box", on the website (in the system requirements area), and in the documentation.

Is there a "break even" point where a dedicated hardware Eucon network is absolutely required (not just recommended)? If so, this information should be made readily available.

Regarding your questions about the extensive "static IP" discussion...if one wanted to run a dedicated Eucon network with a Windows computer, static IPs were a must as Windows does not provide a DHCP server "out of the box".

Allow me to suggest you answer these questions on a point-by-point basis and consider making the answers a "sticky". Perhaps others will contribute to my list of questions. This would eliminate a lot of speculation, misinformation (some coming from me), and problems.

Thank you!

[LukeHoward]

OK, I'm obviously too old to have paid any attention to RFC 3927.

Both the S3 and the Mac will use RFC 3927 link-local addresses if a DHCP server is unavailable (those in 169.254/16). I didn't realise this.

Avid: something in a tech note would be useful. Something like: "in the absence of a DHCP server, the S3 will use a link-local address. There is currently no way to configure a static IP address, although you can determine the default address in utility mode".

(I wonder if it didn't originally work because I didn't have the second Ethernet interface selected in EUCON preferences; strangely though, after I'd got it working with DHCP on the second Ethernet, it did also work with link-local addresses on this interface with the wrong one selected in EUCON preferences. Who knows.)

Thanks for jumping in Kyle and apologies for the bandwidth waste.

[LukeHoward]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

Regarding your questions about the extensive "static IP" discussion...if one wanted to run a dedicated Eucon network with a Windows computer, static IPs were a must as Windows does not provide a DHCP server "out of the box".
Thank you!

I believe Windows also supports IPv4 link-local addresses (see my previous post).

[Bill Denton]

Originally Posted by LukeHoward

I believe Windows also supports IPv4 link-local addresses (see my previous post).

I think you are correct about that.

I was not aware of "link-local" until a couple of weeks ago...it was not something I came across back in my corporate networking days, and I always just set DHCP at home.

Back when I first started messing with corporate networking, I was running a web server and mail server from home and had an 8-address routable IP block...I manually configured everything as I hadn't yet learned about DHCP...it was an absolute nightmare!

[Danny Caccavo]

Originally Posted by Kyle Splittgerber

Hey Guys,

S3 uses DHCP and its not currently possible to set your own Static IP like on Artist. Set up should be as simple as ensuring the network interface on your computer is set up for DHCP. If you want to use a manual address instead you need to make sure its on the same subnet as your S3.

To do this, enter Utility Mode on S3 (User + Cancel + View 1 + View 2 on power up and release when you see Avid Logos for 2 seconds). Then, go to System and write down the IP address. Let's say its 169.254.10.141. Then in Network Prefs enter IP address of 169.254.10.140 with Subnet 255.255.0.0. If that isn't working on Mac, go to Network Prefs>Advanced>IPv6 and set it to Link-Local. You may also need to reboot the computer.

I am curious, why is Static IP desired over DHCP here?

Artist series has never been stable with DHCP for us. Perhaps because we have a large network. So we've always used static IP.