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4.1.5 Multiple Groups in the same IP Network
You can have multiple groups of Main Stations linked together. Each group must be part of a different
subnet. Here is an example if IP addresses and subnets that would allow two independent groups of Main
Stations in the same IP network.
IP: 192.168.2.221
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
IP: 192.168.2.153
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
IP: 192.168.2.17
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
IP: 192.168.3.221
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
IP: 192.168.3.148
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
IP: 192.168.3.63
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
IP Network
Figure 14:Multiple Groups in the same IP Network
Here the Subnet Mask is set to 255.255.255.0 indicating that a Subnet is identified by the first three
numbers of the IP address. The three Main Stations on the left share the same 192.168.3.0 subnet prefix
the three on the right share the same 192.168.2.0 subnet prefix. When powered up the three on the left
would see each other (in the Networking->Stations menu), the three on the right see each other but one
group cannot see the other. When linking is enabled on all, you would end up with two 12-channels
systems, one in the 192.168.2.0 subnet and one in the 192.168.3.0 subnet all working on the same IP
infrastructure.
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