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  • J
    J

    Hi, would really appreciate some insight here - I'm planning to connect a mac mini late 2012 as the master and a mac pro late 2009 as the slave. 

    1.

    For connecting: Do I need a

    Gigabit Switch? If so, which one??? Type gigabit switch into amazon....

    Gigabit Router? See above....

    Or simply, a Cat6 "Gigabit" cable? Are all cat6 cables "Gigabit", and does "crossover" matter?

    2. 

    Can I still use wifi on the master and slave for basic web browsing?

    3.

    Is there a video walkthrough of someone setting up the static IP addresses? In system preferences, I configured the ethernet hardware to manual, speed to 1000baseT, but am unsure of the optimal settings for the Duplex/MTU/ABV/EAV Mode settings. 

    Is there anyone who does private consults on these setups? I'd be happy to pay someone for a brief phone consult. Thanks so much!
  • C
    C
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    Hi there,

    I don't know if you actually need a gigabit switch or not but in my experience it works better with a switch than direct ethernet cable connection. Plus you only need a small one and they are very affordable these days.

    Definitely get a few Cat 6 if not Cat 7 ethenet cables. - I experienced a NOTICEABLE difference from CAT 5. 

    You should not need a gigabit router or a any router really. If you follow the instructions in the first thread you should be all set. Hang in there and be very thorough - It's about getting all those settings correct and restarting a lot and it will work...eventually!

    Yes, you can use wifi on the master setup. You simply add an ethernet connection in system prefs and set service order.

    If you really can't get it set up, I can help. felixbird.at.gmail.com

    Felix

    @Joey Alarcon said:

    Hi, would really appreciate some insight here - I'm planning to connect a mac mini late 2012 as the master and a mac pro late 2009 as the slave. 

    1.

    For connecting: Do I need a

    Gigabit Switch? If so, which one??? Type gigabit switch into amazon....

    Gigabit Router? See above....

    Or simply, a Cat6 "Gigabit" cable? Are all cat6 cables "Gigabit", and does "crossover" matter?

    2. 

    Can I still use wifi on the master and slave for basic web browsing?

    3.

    Is there a video walkthrough of someone setting up the static IP addresses? In system preferences, I configured the ethernet hardware to manual, speed to 1000baseT, but am unsure of the optimal settings for the Duplex/MTU/ABV/EAV Mode settings. 

    Is there anyone who does private consults on these setups? I'd be happy to pay someone for a brief phone consult. Thanks so much!
  • BillB
    BillB

    How do I tell VEP on the master computer to use the private network to talk to VEP on the slave? It just looks on the normal network...

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
  • C
    C
    You can do that by dragging the Ethernet to be at the top of the service order in Network in system preferences. See here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp2711/mac You can probably find some YouTube videos explaining this kind of thing. If you follow the steps in the first thread of this discussion you should be all set. You will be able to see by the IP addresses listed in VE PRO that it is using the correct network. If you have the Ethernet network at the top of the service order and the WiFi below that in both machines then you should be all set. Once you have this set up, I recommend keyboard/mouse sharing software like Synergy so you can move seamlessly between machines.
  • BillB
    BillB

    I on Window 10. I've setup the adaptor priorty on both systems. The VEP netowrk doesn't even show up in VEP.

    The systems are connected with a stright ethernet cable; perhaps I need to try a crossover cable, though I can ping the other system.

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
  • C
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    @Bill said:

    I on Window 10. I've setup the adaptor priorty on both systems. The VEP netowrk doesn't even show up in VEP. The systems are connected with a stright ethernet cable; perhaps I need to try a crossover cable, though I can ping the other system.
    Have you tried turning off the Wi-Fi and getting it working? Then once you’ve got it working properly, turn the WiFi back on. Is there a difference in performance?
  • BillB
    BillB

    Both are desktop systems, so no WiFi. Each has 2 Ethernet ports, one for general use and internet (DHCP) and one for VEP (192,168.20.x) and set to first priority.

    In the server connection window, the local host shows up with a strange ip, 127.0.0.1; don't remember if that was the case before. With the private network connected, the server on the slave system doesn't show up. If I unplug that cable, the slave server shows up with the with the general ip. I have a crossover cable coming tomorrow, so we'll see it that makes a difference.

    I find it strange that there's so little information about working with a separate VEP network. I haven't seen anything here from VSL.

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
  • C
    C

    Have you contacted VSL support regarding this? support@vsl.co.at
  • L
    L

    Bumping this thread bc it helped me figure out why my server would only sometimes connect to my laptop.
    Thanks for the post!
  • civilization 3C
    civilization 3C

    Thank you so very much knobworld, this is the first thing I've seen that cleared my issue up (the 'slave' by LAN had the self-assigned address and I had no clear idea of what to set for a static IP. The wifi on the master but off on the slave allows me to have a coherent address to begin with. (With the self-assigned IP the second machine was connected, and VE Pro worked but it had weird issues it doesn't normally have.)