Hi everybody,
I was working at a festival and I noticed that the ArtNet settings were set to "Broadcast mode" on a 255.0.0.0 subnet mask.
I was surprised as I know that broadcast mode means to broadcast all the data to all the IP addresses in the network and with a setting of subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 means sending simultaneously this data to 16.777.216 IPs!
I strongly suspect that the network was overflowed with unnecessary data creating a loss of packets and delays (we had 16 universes in total).
Can somebody confirm that this could be a reason for a really laggy and irresponsive ArtNet network? What's the recommended amount of addresses supported by Artnet to keep a fast and responsive network?
Thank you in advance for your response!
Best