Some higher-end switches on the market are designed for business applications and include embedded administrative functions. These are known as “Managed Switches.” While these devices can have benefits in a large-scale computing environment their default configurations tend to break the networking protocols that media devices use for discovery and data transfer.
It is possible to configure a managed switch to work correctly with dCS and other media devices, but these configurations can be complex depending on the manufacturer of the switch and the management software. If you are planning to purchase a new switch we recommend choosing an unmanaged device. Your network will be more stable and likely have higher performance.
dCS does not support the use of managed Ethernet switches, nor do we offer any assistance in the configuration of managed switches.