Chris Chapman
Active Member
Ran into an interesting issue this weekend on a tour that used my venue, and my background on wireless connectivity has me scratching my head:
They were running the Prosonus Wireless iPad App for FOH mising, instead of running a Console out into the house. The had their own wireless routers inline for communication to their mixer, which was backstage right. I first thought this was just the monitor mix, and the A1 set me straight that it was the monitor and FOH mixer.
Our FOH also has a wireless router to run StageMix, this is dedicated with no InterNet connection.
Our ION also has a wireless router to run iRFR apps, this is also dedicated with no InterNet connection.
The space has wifi, broadcasting 3 network access points to the internet as well.
The tour kept dropping their connections to their console, until I unplugged ALL of our routers. Then they had the bandwidth to maintain connections for the show with no drops.
The A1 mentioned they had run into this issue at other venues as well, and when other spaces killed the routers to mixers and light boards the connectivity issue went away.
The tour router, and the house routers are all Linksys E-Series routers. Is it because these are the low end/consumer brand routers and not pro-gear that we're running into this issue? Should I add this to my road show prep to just take them all offline from now on when a road show comes in?
So how many routers can you have in one performing arts space at a time? How do I test my signal strength/bandwidth room? All my devices (laptops, tablets) are always showing full bars for connection as well.
They were running the Prosonus Wireless iPad App for FOH mising, instead of running a Console out into the house. The had their own wireless routers inline for communication to their mixer, which was backstage right. I first thought this was just the monitor mix, and the A1 set me straight that it was the monitor and FOH mixer.
Our FOH also has a wireless router to run StageMix, this is dedicated with no InterNet connection.
Our ION also has a wireless router to run iRFR apps, this is also dedicated with no InterNet connection.
The space has wifi, broadcasting 3 network access points to the internet as well.
The tour kept dropping their connections to their console, until I unplugged ALL of our routers. Then they had the bandwidth to maintain connections for the show with no drops.
The A1 mentioned they had run into this issue at other venues as well, and when other spaces killed the routers to mixers and light boards the connectivity issue went away.
The tour router, and the house routers are all Linksys E-Series routers. Is it because these are the low end/consumer brand routers and not pro-gear that we're running into this issue? Should I add this to my road show prep to just take them all offline from now on when a road show comes in?
So how many routers can you have in one performing arts space at a time? How do I test my signal strength/bandwidth room? All my devices (laptops, tablets) are always showing full bars for connection as well.