Biamp Workplace Bridge
The Biamp Workplace Bridge facilitates communication between supported Biamp devices and Biamp Workplace while also allowing Legacy Tesira into Biamp Workplace. Designed to relay communications securely, the Workplace Bridge supports up to 100 connected Tesira Server-IO and Rev A FORTE simultaneously. This guide outlines the network port capabilities, supported network topologies, and the software applications required for successful configuration. (Air-Gap feature available on later release)
Network Port Capabilities
The Workplace Bridge features two distinct Ethernet network ports for deployment:
- LAN PORT: Used for corporate network and internet access. Also used for Non-Isolated AV Networks. IPv4 protocol for static or dynamic addressing (DHCP / Link Local) is supported.
- AV LAN PORT: (THIS PORT WILL BE ENABLED ON A LATER FIRMWARE RELEASE) Used to establish an isolated local network for Biamp AV devices. Can function as a DHCP server and an NTP server to synchronize the date and time across connected devices on the "air-gapped" network.
- DHCP Server (AV LAN): Set the DHCP Server's Start/End IP Range, Network Address, Subnet Mask, and DNS Servers. The DHCP Server will act as a gateway and offer NTP to any served devices. The startup service for the DHCP server will check for a DHCP response from the network prior to starting to avoid causing trouble to customer networks.
Note: 802.1X security protocol support will come with a future update.
Network Topologies
The Workplace Bridge can be deployed in two primary network configurations:
Non-Isolated AV Network
In this configuration, the Workplace Bridge and all other Biamp devices share the same AV network, which has direct access to the internet.
- Connect the LAN port of the Workplace Bridge to the AV network switch.
- Connect all supported Biamp devices to the same network.
In this setup, the Workplace Bridge serves as a single point of external communication to Biamp Workplace for all supported Biamp devices. Non-Biamp devices on the network will continue to have direct network access to the corporate network and the internet.
Isolated AV Network (COMING IN FUTURE RELEASE)
In this configuration, only the Workplace Bridge is connected to the internet, providing maximum security for the AV network.
- Connect the LAN port to the corporate network to provide internet access to the Bridge.
- Connect the AV LAN port to the dedicated AV network switch.
- Connect all supported Biamp devices to the AV network switch.
Note: Network traffic for Biamp devices is routed securely through the Workplace Bridge. No data is passed through for non-Biamp devices on this isolated network.
Legacy Tesira Server Class Discovery
Since Tesira FW v5.5.0, legacy Tesira Server Class devices will send out Workplace Bridge MDNS discovery packets on Multicast 224.0.0.251 Port 5353. This must be unblocked for proper discovery by the Workplace Bridge.
