> So your airchain machines don't talk to the Internet at all, then? Well, they do. And let me state here and now that I did not design the layout of our network, and won't claim this to be the best. All automation equipment is on a completely seperate network from everything else. there is a completely seperate cable modem, firewall/router and switches. we have two stations (one using a non Rivendell automation system) and each automation is on its own Gigabit switch. Only critical machines are on this network and NO internet browsing is done, though there must be internet connectivity fro things like now/next data, our shoutcast streams, RDCatch, etc.... user accessed machines on this network (production computers, etc) have thier DNS settings wrong so they can't get to the internet, and they are still running AV software anyway.
Again, I try to do the best with what I have, and won't claim security to be an area of expertise, though compared to joe average I'm sure I"m leagues above, compared to a network security specialist I am surely a rank amateur.... > In my case, the network side and the broadcast side have both been major > interests for me for a long time; I worked in my votech HS's "radio > station" with a 4-knob RCA and Big Tables, so while I'm not an expert > on either side, I'm probably pretty close to equivalent in both. RF? > > Well, even though I got my first ham ticket in 81... not so much anymore. When I was 19 I studied to be a recording engineer. life happened and I had to go back to my hometown (with 0 recording studios) and3 years later I went back to school to get an associates degree in electronics, which included a handful of computer hardware, programming, and networking classes, and of course had been tinkering with computers since I was 14 (but audio most of my life). Did 6 years as an AV Tech for the local school board, designing installing and repairing audio video and lighting systems/ equipment. Met our chief engineer during this time and did some part time work for the station. when It came time to launch the second station I quit the cushy govt job and Now I"m in radio the last 3 years. In some ways I am still a fish out of water, by no means a radio veteran, but studios are studios, and audio is audio. The rest I just have to take a it comes. Fortunately the Chief is very strong on RF and has been in radio most of his life, so I have a good mentor on the RF side of things. Nathaniel C. Steele Assistant Chief Engineer/Technical Director WTRM-FM / TheCrossFM On 2/25/2013 11:47 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nathan Steele" <[email protected]> >>> 1) Is there anything on that physical switch besides the Rivendell >>> servers and workstations? >> NOPE, and there shouldn't be. > And that's probably the most important thing. > >>> 2) Do you have dual Ethernets in each machine? >> In the machines, yes, but currently I do not have a redundant network, >> it's part of the plan though. > So your airchain machines don't talk to the Internet at all, then? > >>> 4) Are the Ethernet cables a different color? (Usually, red is >>> reserved >>> for your unfirewalled public IP connection, but it's probably still >>> the >>> best choice, here. Or magenta, if you can find it.) >> OK, Guilty here, but I agree with the principle. I used what we had >> laying around though. should change them out someday... > As much as anything, this is a shibboleth for people who walk in and > look at your plant. Like laced cable bundles. (No, I don't know how > to lace either.) > >> I take no offense here, it's true to a degree. I personally am an Audio >> engineer first, Computers/networks second and RF third (a distant third >> at that)...But I recognize that and don't pretend o be an expert where >> I'm not. sometimes we end up being the expert in the eyes of management >> though (because we know more than they do). I don't hesitate to warn >> them when theyre asking me to work beyond my expertise, I"ll do it, >> I"ll learn what I need to, but I at least tell them that. We area non >> profit so hiring some one else to do it s usually not an option. > And that's a common situation for people running Rivendell, I'm certain. > > In my case, the network side and the broadcast side have both been major > interests for me for a long time; I worked in my votech HS's "radio > station" with a 4-knob RCA and Big Tables, so while I'm not an expert > on either side, I'm probably pretty close to equivalent in both. RF? > > Well, even though I got my first ham ticket in 81... not so much anymore. > > Cheers, > -- jra _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
