Bringing My Hands On Show Networking Workshop to Rational Acoustics!
I’m excited to be brining my hands on Introduction to Show Networking workshop to Rational Acoustics’ headquarters on May 5! You can see full details of the workshop here, but it’s designed for anyone starting out in Show Networking, or who is currently working with show networks but wants a bit more deeper understanding.
Here’s the course description:
This introductory hands-on workshop, based on John Huntington’s book Introduction to Show Networking, explores the basics of networks and how they work in show systems such as lighting, sound, video, and even stage machinery. Basic networking concepts, IP addresses and assignment methods, subnet masks, general network operations and physical topologies will be introduced through readings and lecture videos, and then explored through a day of hands-on labs done on participants’ PC or macOS laptops. Network device control will be explored, and other topics like VLANs, simple routing and broadcast storms will be demonstrated in group exercises. This class counts for ETCP-recognized training.
The class is for anyone working backstage, and while I might use a few examples from audio in the class, the fundamentals of networking covered in the workshop apply to lighting, scenery, video and anything else that uses a network on a show.