How it works in the path
The 2.5G WAN port means your uplink to a DanteThe most common audio-over-network standard: dozens of channels of uncompressed digital audio down one ordinary Ethernet cable between Dante boxes. or AVBAudio Video Bridging — open network audio (MOTU, PreSonus) where the switch reserves bandwidth so streams can’t glitch. Milan is its pro profile. switch won't bottleneck at gigabit, which matters if you're also pushing high-channel-count audio over the same physical infrastructure. At a measured 18 watts typical draw and a 30-watt ceiling, it's polite on your rack's power budget. The unit is rackmountable but takes up no rack unitsThe standard slice of rack height: 1U = 1.75″. A 3U box takes three slices; half-rack gear pairs two units side by side in one. in the traditional sense — most engineers shelf-mount it on top of a rack case or bracket it inside a lid. Depth is 245 mm, so mind your case clearance. The Merlin firmware community has documented solid VLANVirtual LAN — slicing one physical switch into separate isolated networks, like keeping Dante away from lighting and guest WiFi. and SSID lockdown procedures, which is exactly what you want when you need to keep artists on one network segment and production on another.
