Re: [guadec-list] Wifi status for the venue

[Pascal Terjan <pterjan gmail com>]

On 22 July 2015 at 11:26, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-07-22 at 12:26 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> > On 07/22/2015 12:11 PM, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> >
> >
> > > There is 2-3 ethernet jacks in every room, so speakers should be
> > > able
> > > to connect directly to those (I'll bring my USB ethernet dongles).
> > > There is also no particular restriction on the ethernet ports, so
> > > it's
> > > entirely possible for us to bring extra routers and set up a backup
> > >
> > > network in case the load on the venue's wifi gets to intense.
> >
> > So I have an old linksys router I can bring. If someone else has some
> >
> > hardware to lend too, that would be great.
> > I'll also bring some ethernet cables.
>
> Do we really need more Wi-Fi if there's already support for about 300
> devices, with roaming, etc. ?
>
> I would think that it would only make it worse.

As this seems to be a "professional" place I would expect they fix
things if they break so having one around to create a small network,
for example for allowing a speaker to finish his talk with demos, in
case of problems could be useful as a safety but I don't think we
should plan for something bigger.