Dante Level 3 Test
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers.
Describe follower, primary clock leader, and boundary clock - Answer: follower: a device that accepts a
clock from another source
primary clock leader: a device that is the original time reference for all other devices on the network.
boundary clock. A device that accepts a clock from another source, then feeds that clock to other
devices.
Are dante flows unicast or multicast by default? - Answer: Unicast
Does dante domain manager subscribe to other networks when the transmitter is multicast? - Answer:
Yes. Dante domain manager can take multicast from a transmitter and send it as unicast across a router
to another subnet.
A campus network has different subnets for each of the twenty buildings. A project calls for a system
design where Dante devices would be present in every building. The VLANs are connected by standard
inter-VLAN routing. Dante Domain Manager is present in the design.
Can we establish a single dante domain for all the background music and paging equipment across the
entire campus, throughout all subnets? - Answer: Yes. We will need to make sure we have enough flows
to cover the unicast feeds, but otherwise this is fine.
When we share sources from one domain to another, how much control do we have? - Answer: we have
a choice between sharing channels to all domains in a group, or for more customization, we can choose
which channels are available in each domain.
, If all dante devises are enrolled in dante domain manager and a random person connects to your
network and launches dante controller, will they be able to see anything? - Answer: No. Dante controller
will not show any devices on DDM until you have entered your credentials.
How does dante controller discover a new device when it is first connected to the network? - Answer:
dante controller listens for an mDNS "discovery" announcement at 224.0/0/251:5353
You have a system design with about 1000 devices spread across a property. The IT administrator insists
you segment the broadcast domain. You know audio/video signals need to flow between major systems
throughout the property. What steps do you need to do? - Answer: Break the network into VLANs, use
unique subnets for each VLAN and connect them with inter-VLAN routing.
Add Dante Domain Manager to manage and coordinate devices across the layer 3 network.
When Troubleshooting a system, what order (in terms of concepts) do we start at and work off from? -
Answer: Connectivity---> clocking--->Subscriptions--->Latency
True or false: Dante devices have an unlimited number of receive flows. - Answer: False
When dante devices are in red on dante controller, what might this mean? - Answer: Dante devices are
in a different subnet than the computer running Dante Controller.
Dante controller might be expecting to see devices on the primary network, but it is connected to the
secondary (or vice versa).
What can you use to automatically discover a large number of devices across multiple subnets? -
Answer: DNS-SD
color meanings - Answer: green: in a managed system, these channels are shared from a device in
another domain.
red: a dante device is discovered in the network, but it is in the wrong subnet or you have
primary/secondary reversed.
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers.
Describe follower, primary clock leader, and boundary clock - Answer: follower: a device that accepts a
clock from another source
primary clock leader: a device that is the original time reference for all other devices on the network.
boundary clock. A device that accepts a clock from another source, then feeds that clock to other
devices.
Are dante flows unicast or multicast by default? - Answer: Unicast
Does dante domain manager subscribe to other networks when the transmitter is multicast? - Answer:
Yes. Dante domain manager can take multicast from a transmitter and send it as unicast across a router
to another subnet.
A campus network has different subnets for each of the twenty buildings. A project calls for a system
design where Dante devices would be present in every building. The VLANs are connected by standard
inter-VLAN routing. Dante Domain Manager is present in the design.
Can we establish a single dante domain for all the background music and paging equipment across the
entire campus, throughout all subnets? - Answer: Yes. We will need to make sure we have enough flows
to cover the unicast feeds, but otherwise this is fine.
When we share sources from one domain to another, how much control do we have? - Answer: we have
a choice between sharing channels to all domains in a group, or for more customization, we can choose
which channels are available in each domain.
, If all dante devises are enrolled in dante domain manager and a random person connects to your
network and launches dante controller, will they be able to see anything? - Answer: No. Dante controller
will not show any devices on DDM until you have entered your credentials.
How does dante controller discover a new device when it is first connected to the network? - Answer:
dante controller listens for an mDNS "discovery" announcement at 224.0/0/251:5353
You have a system design with about 1000 devices spread across a property. The IT administrator insists
you segment the broadcast domain. You know audio/video signals need to flow between major systems
throughout the property. What steps do you need to do? - Answer: Break the network into VLANs, use
unique subnets for each VLAN and connect them with inter-VLAN routing.
Add Dante Domain Manager to manage and coordinate devices across the layer 3 network.
When Troubleshooting a system, what order (in terms of concepts) do we start at and work off from? -
Answer: Connectivity---> clocking--->Subscriptions--->Latency
True or false: Dante devices have an unlimited number of receive flows. - Answer: False
When dante devices are in red on dante controller, what might this mean? - Answer: Dante devices are
in a different subnet than the computer running Dante Controller.
Dante controller might be expecting to see devices on the primary network, but it is connected to the
secondary (or vice versa).
What can you use to automatically discover a large number of devices across multiple subnets? -
Answer: DNS-SD
color meanings - Answer: green: in a managed system, these channels are shared from a device in
another domain.
red: a dante device is discovered in the network, but it is in the wrong subnet or you have
primary/secondary reversed.
