We Provide:
- Wi-Fi
We used WPA2 Enterprise to fulfil the Wi-Fi requirements for production, artists and ticketing.
- Backhaul
1 Gbps leased line provided by the venue, wirelessly bounced to site, with multiple low latency satellite backups.
- Organisers Dash
Our organisers dash gave the event team the ability to have complete control over access to the wireless networks on site.
The festival
Gone wild is the ultimate family adventure, and celebrated its first year at Holkham Hall in 2024. It’s is a celebration of the outdoors, encouraging people to disconnect from technology and reconnect with nature, adventure, and each other. It’s an opportunity to learn new skills, experience the beauty of the natural world, and create lasting memories in a supportive and fun environment.
Our Solution
Gone wild is a cashless festival, so solid Wi-Fi and backhaul are imperative. We distributed the leased line from Holkham Hall, backed up with multiple low latency satellites, across the festival site. To ensure the highest possible up time on site and reduce the risk of cable damage, wherever possible we worked with the site to fly or trench all cabled connections, wherever practical.
Wi-Fi
The site needed to cater for a number of production users, whilst also being able to remain robust for the concession and gate payment and scanning devices. A robust solution and access control was essential. Instead of a traditional SSID and password, which can easily be abused and flood the network, we used 802.1x (WPA2 Enterprise). In conjunction with our proprietary organiser dashboard, this give every user an individual login and password, with a limit on the number of devices they could connect, and gave the production team complete visibility of who had access to the network.
Organisers Dashboard
Our organisers dash gave the event team the ability to have complete control over access to the wireless networks on site, as well as real-time updates on trader Wi-Fi bookings. This allowed them to add or remove access to users at any time, control how many devices each could have and what network they were on, all without the need to contact our team on site or the NOC.
