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<blockquote data-quote="Cameron Stuckey" data-source="post: 48615" data-attributes="member: 281">Re: Large scale concert production TCP/IP networkingI&#039;ve discovered that 802.11a/b/g is totally unreliable for any show. During set-up and tech there will be a dozen devices in peoples&#039; pockets that will be in the 2.4GHz environment, which any upper level consumer or professional access point can easily handle while providing full bandwidth. But open the doors and in walks thousands of devices all requesting security information from the AP, and you effectively DDoS your wireless AP slowing output to a trickel if at all*.&nbsp; Right now 5GHz is viable because zero cell phones have a chipset that operates up there. But that spectrum will become consumer territory soon, it&#039;s just too good to pass up. Because of that unreliability it&#039;s gotta be CAT5 for any show critical operations.*A great example was the WWDC from 2010 where an iPhone demo failed because there was over 500 WiFi devices in one room all competing for the same spectrum, not even the same AP. <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/wireless-woes-rain-fail-on-steve-jobs-keynote/" target="_blank">Wireless Woes Rain &#039;Fail&#039; on Steve Jobs&#039; Keynote</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cameron Stuckey, post: 48615, member: 281"] Re: Large scale concert production TCP/IP networking I've discovered that 802.11a/b/g is totally unreliable for any show. During set-up and tech there will be a dozen devices in peoples' pockets that will be in the 2.4GHz environment, which any upper level consumer or professional access point can easily handle while providing full bandwidth. But open the doors and in walks thousands of devices all requesting security information from the AP, and you effectively DDoS your wireless AP slowing output to a trickel if at all*. Right now 5GHz is viable because zero cell phones have a chipset that operates up there. But that spectrum will become consumer territory soon, it's just too good to pass up. Because of that unreliability it's gotta be CAT5 for any show critical operations. *A great example was the WWDC from 2010 where an iPhone demo failed because there was over 500 WiFi devices in one room all competing for the same spectrum, not even the same AP. [url=http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/wireless-woes-rain-fail-on-steve-jobs-keynote/]Wireless Woes Rain 'Fail' on Steve Jobs' Keynote[/url] [/QUOTE]

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