Some other comments:
Unicast - more resources required on the sender as it has to send a packet to every receiver vs multicast where it only sends one packet
Netmasks - with the mask you highlighted (255.255.255.0) 0 and 255 are both reserved addresses (network and broadcast), so you can only...
I am interested around mounting options for lights and electronics. Mine have kind of been spread over the workbench in my garage the last few years and need to be tidied up.
I have the networking skills, but not necessarily as they apply to lighting. I know what works for me, but not necessarily best practice. Happy to proof anything though if required.
What about a basic networking setup... with a lot of people using XLights/vixen with FPP etc, setting up the network. Dedicated presentation network. DHCP vs static addressing etc.