[PaulNSW]

Is it possible to enable the Maxwell broadcast packets (manager, node, etc) to transverse subnets (VLANs)
We have a render farm in the server room on one VLAN, and then two seperate VLANs for client machines (who will submit jobs)
I know I can start the nodes/monitor forcing it to connect to a certain IP, just thought this would be easier!

Is it advisable, or too chatty!?

[polynurb]

i'd say this depends on your network layout.
your sysadmin should be able to help you out.. to my knowledge it depends on how you have set the vlans up, and if you are using layer 2 or layer 3 switches.

are the vlans on the same switch?
if not in case of layer2 switches you'll most probably need a router in between to distribute the broadcasts to the right IP and back from there.

[PaulNSW]

Our VLANs are being routing by a single router/firewall combo, a sort of spoke configuration I guess. The switches are layer2 with the VLANs on seperate switches.

[polynurb]

with this kind of multiswitch configuration i have no experience.. but you'll need to set this up on the router side;
i guess some rules in the router/firewall defining which broadcast traffic/protocols are transported between the vlan interfaces.

or you could use trunk ports to extend the vlan of the render farm to the other switch and put the workstations in there.

check this link:

http://archive.networknewz.com/networkn ... VLANs.html

or this, not knowing what firewall software you are running..

http://networktechnical.blogspot.co.at/ ... vlans.html