Thanks for the info, Sandy. That makes sense, now. Not a huge deal to make the server static. I was cringing at having to change all my client's pc's to static. :) I am working on a experiment that uses my clients pc's networked to make render farms for all my clients. Sort of a render commune. :)
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Sandy Sutherland < [email protected]> wrote: > Our actual server machine that we are running RR off is static - but all > our workstations are dynamic. The LX nodes are static mainly as we deploy > them by script and ssh onto them using their ips - which match the name - > egg1 for e.g. is 192.168.1.101. So yes it definitely does work - I think > that the guide is aimed at setting the server to static. > > RR uses the hardware address on the machines - we found this out when we > got confused when a machine we renamed appeared as the old name - it picked > it up out of the client database using its HW address. > > Cheers > > > S. > > _____________________________ > Sandy Sutherland > Technical Supervisor > [email protected] > _____________________________ > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [ > [email protected]] on behalf of Stephen Davidson [ > [email protected]] > *Sent:* 23 July 2012 19:10 > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Make a pass non-renderable? > > the installation guide says, specifically, to set the IP as static for > RRserver. > Are you using RRserver? If it does work with DHCP, that would be great. > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Sandy Sutherland < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It does - it works off the Hardware address - we are runnin dynamic IPs >> here and it works fine. >> >> >> S. >> >> _____________________________ >> Sandy Sutherland >> Technical Supervisor >> [email protected] >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> [email protected]] on behalf of Stephen Davidson [ >> [email protected]] >> *Sent:* 23 July 2012 17:51 >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: Make a pass non-renderable? >> >> The one thing that stopped me from trying Royal Render is that you >> must have a static IP >> address on all machines. It does not support DHCP, as far as I can tell. >> And, since I am using DHCP.... >> >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Tim Crowson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We use RR as well and have had no real problems with it. Works smoothly >>> with all our apps. >>> -Tim Crowson >>> Magnetic Dreams >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/23/2012 8:54 AM, Byron Nash wrote: >>> >>> I have used Royal Render in the past and found it to be really nice. The >>> system I'm trying to use is a remote render service called REBUS. >>> rebusfarm.net. I've found it so far to be fairly straightforward. It >>> has a check feature that will go through and verify everything is cool >>> before sending. There are not really any options to choose, it just sends >>> the whole scene. Speed seems good and the manager app is decent for pulling >>> files back off the server. We used it with Maya on a job last year and it >>> worked fine. REBUS is the only online renderer that I have found that >>> supports Softimage 2013. >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Not sure if Holger will take that as a compliment or insult? :D >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------- >>>> Eric Thivierge >>>> http://www.ethivierge.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Alan Fregtman < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Royal Render is made from fire-breathing eagles that shoot lasers of >>>>> awesomeness... >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Best Regards, >> * Stephen P. Davidson** >> **(954) 552-7956 >> * [email protected] >> >> >> >> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> >> My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours? >> >> [image: affiliate_link]<http://www.fatcow.com/join/index.bml?AffID=626478> >> >> > > > -- > > Best Regards, > * Stephen P. Davidson** > **(954) 552-7956 > * [email protected] > > > > <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> > My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours? > > [image: affiliate_link]<http://www.fatcow.com/join/index.bml?AffID=626478> > > -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson** **(954) 552-7956 * [email protected] <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> My Website is *GREEN*, Is yours? [image: affiliate_link] <http://www.fatcow.com/join/index.bml?AffID=626478>
