[AusNOG] [END OF STORY] Re: Getting a network out of a box...

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2021-07-31 at 02:39 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> We need to stream from a particular venue that has no wired access in
> the space we will be streaming from. It's a cinema [...]

So, the end of this story is that the physical event ended up cancelled
due to the statewide COVID-19 lockdown. If anyone is interested in the
online event, go to https://online.farsouthfilmfestival.com and enjoy.

However, we did test powerline ethernet as a solution and I have to say
it worked extremely well. It's a small cinema and the (two) powerline
ethernet units were on a circuit by themselves. Just to make sure, we
fired up the projectors, the pop-corn makers, the registers and the
neon lighting and opened the coolers until they started running, and
with all that the comms didn't miss a beat. We ran the curtain-pullers
and got a bit of surround sound going; we even raised and lowered the
house lights - generally an electromagnetically noisy affair - with no
perceptible effect on our network.

So I'm definitely going to add a couple of powerline ethernet units to
my bag of tricks. We will almost certainly be using that venue in the
future, so it's nice to know we have a solution. And we didn't even
need to break out the nailguns and hot glue! :-)

Once again, my gratitude to all those who helped out with ideas and
suggestions.

Regards, K.

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