Network Configuration

DDM supports automatic device discovery using DNS or mDNS, and also manual device enrollment via IP address.

DNS and DHCP addressing is recommended for multi-subnet systems.

mDNS and link-local addressing is recommended for single-subnet systems.

Device enrollment via IP address can be used for multi-subnet systems that require static addressing (for example, to support third-party network control software).

Note:  When using static addressing, the devices and the DDM server must be assigned static addresses, either locally (where DHCP is not used) or via static address mapping in DHCP.

Multi-subnet Systems

If your network spans multiple IP subnets, you can use a DNS server to resolve the DDM server address for your Dante devices and controllers, and a DHCP server to automatically configure your Dante devices.

Static addressing and manual device enrollment via IP address can also be used, but it is not practical for networks with large device counts.

Single-subnet Systems

For networks that reside on a single subnet, link-local addressing and mDNS-based discovery is recommended. The mDNS discovery feature (Dante Discovery Service) is on by default, and does not need to be activated or configured.