Setup guide

Chapter 1 Setting Up the Windows Ethernet Client

Connecting the Windows Ethernet Client

The Windows Ethernet client can connect to a MediaNetwork workgroup

through a PortServer Pro system and an Ethernet switch, or it can connect

to a LANshare workgroup through an Ethernet switch. You need to

connect the client’s Ethernet 10BASE-T/100BASE-T port to an available

10BASE-T/100BASE-T port on the Ethernet switch. Figure 1 and Figure 2

show the workgroup connections.

Figure 1 Connecting to a MediaNetwork Workgroup

Figure 2 Connecting to a LANshare Workgroup

The Ethernet path between the PortServer Pro or the LANserver and

Ethernet clients must be a direct, full-duplex connection using the

Avid-supplied Ethernet switch. Avid does not support half-duplex

devices between the PortServer Pro or the LANserver and its clients,

or client connections using other switches or hubs.

MediaNetwork

File Manager

Additional Ethernet

clients, up to a total

of 24

Fibre Channel

MEDIASwitch

MediaNetwork client

PortServer Pro

Gigabit Ethernet

10BASE-T/100BASE-T Ethernet

Ethernet switch

Ethernet client