Rossini and Bartók both include a second Ethernet port (labelled “Loop”) which will function just like a port on a switch and allow a connected device to operate on your network. This port was included to provide some options for future expansion and there are not any current plans to make use of it.
The port operates at 100Mbit/sec and was never designed to be used as a general-purpose network port. We have encountered some issues with customers using this port to connect a server, NAS, or other general purpose device. Due to the speed differential there can be issues with network flow control which will cause instability.
dCS does not support the use of the Loop port for any general-purpose device.