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There shouldn't be any issues. Switches will only send the data packets that they MAC addressed to.

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Okay so I'm constructing (with a friend of mine who has lots of experience with RPis) an external streaming PC for Twitch streaming using OBS. The cluster of four RPis will be connected through ethernet (using a six port ethernet switch) to the host computer, which is a mac mini, that will be dual booted and running Windows 8. The only problem is networking. The mac mini we're using does not have a Thunderbolt port, has four USB 2.0, a single ethernet port, and a firewire 800 (whichever one is the latest iteration). We would normally just buy a streaming PC that we can connect all our capture cards to, and stream, but we don't have the money for that. 

 

What I'm asking is if I get a six port Ethernet switch, can I connect one as the host port to the Mac Mini, four to the RPis, and one to an ethernet cable plugged into our router? Will that work? I could also do a USB 2.0 ethernet adapter...or WiFi, but the issue with WiFi is we are putting the entire system inside a gutted Mac Pro (not the trashcan one, the massive one) and there may be connection issues because of the material of the case...what do you guys think?

 

 

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There isn't a need to connect the Mac to a host port as switches are intelligent enough to know what is connected to each port using MAC addresses. Therefore, it will automatically send the packets to whatever RPi you designate, or all four if you choose. This also applies to the router for access to the internet.

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There isn't a need to connect the Mac to a host port as switches are intelligent enough to know what is connected to each port using MAC addresses. Therefore, it will automatically send the packets to whatever RPi you designate, or all four if you choose. This also applies to the router for access to the internet.

Okay so I can connect the ethernet for the internet to it as well as the RPis without issue?

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There shouldn't be any issues. Switches will only send the data packets that they MAC addressed to.

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There shouldn't be any issues. Switches will only send the data packets that they MAC addressed to.

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