Re: Big Temporary Networks (Dreamforce)
Anyone from nanog currently at the wheel of the conference network at Dreamforce in San Francisco (nearly 70000 attendees)? It appears that all of the suggestions posted to this nanog thread so far were thoroughly ignored. Conference WiFi is effectively unusable, despite the very visible, expensive-looking enterprisey APs on temporary stands sprinkled throughout the conference. As far as I can tell, they're doing NAT, using a /16 per AP (which could amount to 5,000 or more devices in one broadcast domain depending on the location!), and are using what appear to be omnidirectional antennas at full blast power instead of zoning with tight directionals. Wifi is nearly unusable; even Sprint's crappy 3G coverage is faster and more reliable inside the conference halls.. -- RPM
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Ryan Malayter