title Thomas' Proposal for Wifi for Cocofest 2024
user strick
ip 73.217.176.35
vol 1
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/b Primary Goal:
Provide Wifi Internet for streaming presentations.

/b Secondary Goal:
Provide Wifi Internet at retro speeds for retro computing.

/b Non Goal:
Provide Wifi Internet for cell phones to watch YouTube.

/b Proposal:

* Thomas has purchased ($188) three mesh routers "Eero Pro 6",
plus he already has 2 more.   That'll make a 5-node mesh.

* We want to place the primary router outside,
where Thomas says "I usually get 10 to 50 Mbit up with a good line of sight".

* Try for line-of-sight from the outdoor Mesh node to an
indoor mesh node, and another line-of-sight
from that indoor node to the streaming computer
(Consider a good Wifi antenna on the streaming computer).
Better yet, Wired ethernet from the indoor node to the
streaming computer.

/b What the Cocofest Conference, or someone who is not flying, can help with:

We need either 110V AC, or 12V DC (and ultimately 9V DC), at the outdoor mesh node.

Several alternatives:

* Can the hotel provide 110V, and someone bring a big orange
extension cord?  Then we can use a wallwart to power the mesh
node.

* Or can someone (who is not flying) bring a good
12V (LiFePo4?) battery
with a good amp-hours capacity. [notice, LiFePo capacity is temperature-dependent.]
Then we'll apply a
buck converter and regulator for the 9V the mesh node
actually needs (around $20).

* We can also get USB C PD 12v adapters and a bunch of giant USB c PD batteries

TODO:  Determine the current draw at 12V of the mesh node.


/b Q: What mobile provider will we use?

T-Mobile, if it works well. "T-Mobile doesn't cost me anything at all."

Otherwise, Verizon.  "Takes about 10 minutes to provision, costs about $40."

/b Q: Does each mesh router have an RJ45 LAN connection on it, too?

Yes.

/b But really, what will our bandwidth be?

It depends on many things, but mainly closeness and line-of-sight-ness.

"100 GB Verizon plan on US Mobile is $40.
I can set that up in like 15 minutes if T-Mobile rate limits suddenly."


/b How much bandwidth does streaming to YouTube need?

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/78358?hl=en

Could someone measure what we actually use, next time Coco Nation broadca