A whole campus, connected across open ground.
High-density, multi-zone connectivity across large outdoor and indoor venues — point-to-point links, distributed Wi-Fi, and the backbone to tie it all together.
The Challenge
Festival & Large-Venue Connectivity
Festival and large-venue networking is a different discipline from office IT. The distances are measured in acres, the user density spikes into the thousands, the infrastructure has to survive weather and crowds, and there's frequently no usable wired backbone to build on — just open ground between the places that need to be connected.
Vendors, box office, production, food and beverage, security, and guest access all need connectivity, often with very different requirements, across a footprint with no permanent infrastructure and a hard deadline that arrives whether you're ready or not.
Our Approach
How Macktez approaches it.
We engineer the backbone first — point-to-point wireless links to bridge distance where running fiber isn't practical, tying together the zones that need connectivity. From there, distributed Wi-Fi and switching deliver coverage and capacity to each operational area, segmented so vendors, production, and guests each get what they need without interfering with each other.
The design accounts for the realities of the environment — weather, power availability, crowd density, and the compressed build-and-strike timeline. We deploy, support it live through the event, and strike it cleanly afterward.
What's Included
Key focus areas and deliverables.
01
Point-to-Point Backbone
Wireless bridge links that span distance across a campus where running fiber isn't practical, tying every zone back to the core.
02
Distributed Wi-Fi & Switching
High-density coverage engineered for crowds, delivered to each operational zone — vendors, box office, production, and guests.
03
Multi-Zone Segmentation
Each operational area on its own segment, so payment, production, and guest traffic never interfere with one another.
04
Build, Support & Strike
Deployed on the festival timeline, supported live through the event, and struck cleanly when the last day ends.
Connect The Grounds
Planning a campus-sized event with no existing infrastructure to build on?
Tell us the footprint and the crowd size, and we’ll design a network that covers the whole site, not just the tent nearest the router.
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