Live Production Network
A dedicated network for HOPE Church’s live audio, video, and lighting production, kept separate from the general IT network and tuned for Dante audio.
HOPE Church in Grand Forks produces live audio, video, and lighting for its weekly services. I deploy and manage all of the production network infrastructure behind it.
The approach
Production traffic runs on a dedicated network, separate from the church’s general IT network. Dante carries audio over IP, so the network has to deliver audio and clock traffic with consistently low latency. Keeping production on its own network means general network traffic can’t interfere with a live service.
What I configured
- Multicast. Dante’s clock synchronization uses multicast, and audio can be sent as multicast flows too, so the network is set up to handle multicast deliberately rather than flooding it.
- IGMP snooping. Switches forward multicast streams only to the ports whose devices have subscribed to them.
- QoS. Dante clock and audio traffic is prioritized so other traffic can’t delay it.
Leading the team
Beyond the network, I lead the volunteer technical production team that provides audio, video, and lighting for weekly services, and I support community outreach events such as Vacation Bible School.