I'm expanding my private network for the control of live performance audio equipment. Reference »
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Each of four musicians will have an iPad by which they will control their individual stage monitor mix using the OneMix app. They'll be within 30' line-of-sight of the wireless router.
Generally the front-of-house mix is performed from the side of the stage, over a wired connection to a Windows 8 computer running the iLive Editor application. When a true front-of-house mix position is used, a second Windows 8 system will be used, again, over a wired connection. An iPad will be used for remote tweaks, usually within 100' line-of-sight of the wireless router.
The Windows 8 systems and the wireless router will connect to the MixRack's inbuilt 10/100 Ethernet switch. The MixRack itself has no ability to serve DHCP.
The wireless router will provide an SSID and DHCP to the iPADs and Windows 8 systems. The MixRack will use a static IP address.
The 5GHz-only requirement is due to the proliferation of 2.4GHz spread-spectrum wireless entertainment systems used by vocalists and instrumentalists. Even the most expensive and stable of these systems can and do wreak havoc on nearby 2.4GHz A/B/G/N networks. It seems to me that the best way to avoid conflict is to move my wireless network to the 5GHz frequency band.
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