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Why would one consider a repeater network for a new RAVE installation?

April 26, 2017installation Network rave Repeater

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Why would one consider a repeater network for a new RAVE installation?

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At one time this was one of the more common questions for new installations. Now that network switches are competitively priced with repeaters, the install base has moved almost entirely to switched LANs. Ethernet repeaters are still supported though and provide at least one benefit over network switches for small installations. Repeaters allow the use of more multicast bundles and do so more reliably. Each LAN or virtual local area network (VLAN) in a switched network design should limit multicast delivery to no more than 4 bundles. Repeaters allow at least 8 multicast bundles per LAN. If the system requirements call for no more than 64 audio channels that must be multicast to two or more destinations, a repeater network may still be a viable solution.