Technology: Topologies

EtherSound networks replace traditional point-to-point connections with architectures that are easier to design, install, and maintain:

• Daisy-chain
• Star
• Combined daisy-chain and star
• Redundant Ring

EtherSound ES-100 and ES-Giga require a 100 Mbps or gigabit Ethernet network respectively. An EtherSound system may also run within a VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) as part of an existing network.

The ability to use EtherSound devices almost anywhere in the audio system breaks through the limitations of analog audio or AES3/MADI installation schemes. They eliminate the need to bring all of the audio to a central switching or routing location, reduce cable runs, installation expenses, and greatly simplify system reconfiguration.

Thanks to the inherent routing capabilities of computer networks, input and output allocations may be easily updated without physical changes to the system's topology. Configuration tasks can be accomplished remotely via straightforward configuration software, or locally on the devices.

Daisy-chain configuration		Combined daisy-chain and star configuration
Redundant ring configuration