ARS Electronica部署Aruba Wireless解决方案，以确保所有访问者的优质互联网访问。
The Ars Electronica Festival has been showing its visitors the digital revolution and its impact on the future since 1979. The focus is on the connection between art, technology and society. The festival and associated symposia, exhibitions, and performances, held over a long weekend, have become one of the world's leading events for media art. Simple, uncomplicated and efficient access to the internet is part of the event's concept. The required infrastructure is deployed for only a short time, but must nonetheless be robust and efficient.
卡尔·朱利安·施密灵斯（Karl Julian Schmidinger），Technical Director of the Ars Electronica Festival, sought a provider for a comprehensive coverage to ensure smooth Wi-Fi access for the 100,000 visitors of the specialist events at the Ars Electronica exhibition area in Linz for the duration of the festival - at a very large location.
"We were looking for a flexible, simple and open communication infrastructure," Karl Julian Schmidinger explained.
The specification: Comprehensive Wi-Fi coverage
Thanks to the generous supply of Aruba Wi-Fi infrastructure, we were able to provide large numbers of visitors with internet access despite the very spacious location.
卡尔·朱利安·施密灵斯（Karl Julian Schmidinger），Technical Director of Ars Electronica
ARS Electronica组织者希望在整个音乐节中为访客提供绝对开放的Wi-Fi访问权限，即使在高峰时段，也可以顺利进行。Wi-Fi网络还可以简单地与许多合作合作伙伴提供简单的访问权限，并具有笔记本电脑，平板电脑或手机等多样化的设备；正如BYOD设置所预期的那样。
Schmidinger quickly found the right partners in Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, and its installation partner Computer Center Feldbach: "Thanks to the generous supply of Aruba Wi-Fi infrastructure, we were able to provide the great number of visitors with absolutely comprehensive internet access - at a very large location."
Wi-Fi项目带有峰值负载
超过100,000名游客在周一晚上的结论中参加了音乐节。ARS Electronica音乐节计划由600多个个人活动组成，来自42个国家 /地区的1,023位艺术家，科学家，组织者和贡献者参加了活动。指导之旅以11种语言同时举行，从阿拉伯语到俄罗斯和罗马尼亚语。ARS Electronica Linz GmbH总共雇用了400名员工来计划，组织和执行节日。
施密林德说：“ BYOD解决方案必须以最小的努力完美地工作，尤其是在高峰时段。”
The deployment: Project success across the board
The framework for the five-day festival was defined once the controllerless Wi-Fi solution,Aruba Instant, was selected: "We wanted to offer Wi-Fi access without a password to our visitors and partners. It had to be completely open and without a captive portal. Aruba provided the entire network security with various firewalls. That's exactly how we imagined it: Simple but secure!" Schmidinger stated enthusiastically.
结果：各方的积极反馈
There was no time for a long trial period before the start of the festival. The Internet access had to work smoothly right from the start. And it did: The Wi-Fi network functioned continuously without any problems, despite having to serve as many as 1,000 clients and 180 simultaneous connections on each access point. Over 500 Gbytes of data were transferred by the Wi-Fi network during the 5 days.
"We received consistently positive feedback, not just from our guests, but also from our many partners. Users had stable Wi-Fi access at their disposal at all times," Schmidinger reported.
Continuous availability despite high capacity utilisation
施密林德说：“我们很高兴在整个音乐节中都在我们的身边拥有如此可靠的移动解决方案合作伙伴，并期待着明年的这种出色的合作。”
ARS Electronica音乐节的技术总监总结了：“ Wi-Fi刚刚摇摆！”
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