How to do this setup for a show?

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I’m showing at a hifi show and am running several endpoints off one roon core.

  1. Ideally i’d play qobuz to each end point and ppl can control each endpoint via an ipad. Not sure how to achieve this though on a ‘corporate’ still network. I don’t think the controllers will see the core. I’ve tried this before and it’s failed.

  2. I can run with local files and setup a local wifi network just for the controllers to see the core and it’s contained files. BUT roon now doesn’t support local file playback without an internet connection so that won’t work.

Can anyone assist with a solution??? Needs to be rock solid obviously. Thanks

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You can’t do something with arc?

Or frankly just use local Qobuz app directly to endpoints over chromecast or airplay

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Hi Hugo

Ideally you would have the ‘corporate’ provide network administrators to work your needs. Maybe install a router just for your room. That is rock solid

I would do a local wifi and have a mobile (or a router using cell network) to provide internet, if all files local maybe the mobile hot spot it will hold. For sure would be ok just for running roon but I wonder if that is enough for all remotes if there will be a search in the same time.

Hope that experienced network users are having better solutions. Any way do trials at home and at the show setup.

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I’d probably setup a second router in ‘bridge mode’ that way you’ll effectively have your own local network with all your Roon devices on the same subnet.

You’ll want to make sure you’re letting your second / local router hand out IP address via DCHP and not the trade shows router. You’ll also want to make sure you not using the same private IP address range as the trade show.

Do you know how they assign IP address to you? Wi-Fi or Ethernet? Is it restricted to a single MAC address? If WiFi do you have to login via a captive portal, or is it just standard WiFi/WPA?

The simplest option for achieving this might be to get a ‘travel router’ as they are often designed for exactly the kind of setup you describe, albeit in a hotel room setting. They often come with a 4G SIM slot in case you’d prefer not to have to rely 100% on the trade shows own internet. Although most consumer routers will have a similar wireless bridge function.

It may be that the technical team at the trade show can make a good suggestion re. router, or they might even be able to supply you with a router + private subnet as part of the package in which case you might not need to do anything yourself. Even if it’s more expensive, it will save you from headaches.

Hopefully someone will come along with a solid (tried and tested) recommendation re. current hardware, although I suspect it will still somewhat be dependent on how the trade show assigns you an IP address — so worth finding that out first.

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