Managed WiFi in a road case

Show-floor internet
that just works.

GhostNet is a self-contained internet provider in a case. Cellular in, managed WiFi out, and a control panel you can reach from anywhere in the world.

Your crew plugs in one power cable. That is the whole install. No laptop, no configuration on site, nobody on a ladder with a phone hotspot. The case boots itself, finds its connections, and blankets the booth.

GhostNet case, open

Final product photography goes here — the open case showing the gateway, switch, access point and control panel.

Built for the floor, not the office

Three bad options, and a fourth one

Exhibitors get house WiFi at a price that makes your eyes water, a consumer router somebody brought from home, or a phone hotspot that falls over the moment the doors open. GhostNet is the fourth option: carrier-grade connections, bonded into one managed network, monitored the whole time.

1

Plug it in

One standard power outlet. The case powers up, brings its own connections online and starts broadcasting on its own.

2

It comes up configured

Networks, passwords, speed limits and show hours are all set before the case leaves the shop, and can be changed remotely at any time.

3

Watch it from anywhere

Open the control panel on a phone in another state and see every device on the network, every megabyte used and every access point.

4

Shut it down properly

One button powers the gear down in the right order at the end of the show, so nothing is yanked live.

The GhostNet case

What is actually in the box

Commercial Ubiquiti networking gear, three cellular carriers and a dedicated control computer, in a case built to be thrown in a truck.

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Four ways online

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon business connections plus a port for the venue's own hardline. If one carrier dies in a crowded hall, the case keeps working on the others.

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Automatic failover

The gateway watches every connection and moves traffic off one that stops behaving, without anyone touching anything.

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UniFi E7 access points

Roughly 2,000 sq ft of coverage each, on 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz. Add satellite access points for bigger footprints.

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Speed limits per device

Give every device a fair share so one person streaming 4K cannot flatten the booth. Wired devices are never throttled.

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Data caps that do not kill the demo

Two stages: a slow lane first, then a hard cut-off. A booth never simply goes dark in the middle of a pitch.

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Show hours

Set the hours a network exists. Outside them it disappears from the WiFi list entirely and stops spending cellular data.

🖨️

A network for printers

A separate 2.4 GHz network tuned for stubborn equipment — printers, badge scanners, older kit that hates modern security.

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Hidden networks

Run a staff network nobody can see in the WiFi list, alongside the public one, on the same hardware.

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Join by QR code

Every network produces a scannable join code and a printable sheet. No spelling a password out across a booth.

🌡️

Heat monitoring

A closed case in a hall with no air conditioning gets warm. Every component's temperature is tracked with warning levels.

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Daily channel re-scan

A show floor's airwaves at 10am look nothing like the night before. The case re-surveys and moves to clearer channels on a schedule.

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One-button shutdown

Powers the gateway down first and the control panel last, in the order the hardware wants, then tells you when it is safe to unplug.

The control panel

Every case, from any phone, anywhere

The part that turns a box of networking gear into a service you can rent out with confidence.

See the whole fleet at once

Every case you own on one page — which are online, how many people are connected, how much data each carrier has burned through and how hot the hottest thing in each case is running.

  • Offline cases are greyed out, not hidden
  • Open any case's full dashboard in one click
  • Re-scan or shut down a case without being near it
  • Three access levels: owner, admin and view-only

Fleet overview

Screenshot of the live fleet page goes here.

Know exactly who used what

Usage broken down by carrier, by day, by hour and by individual device — with names, not just hardware addresses. When a client asks where 40 GB went, you can answer with a chart instead of a shrug.

  • Per-device totals for today and the week
  • Each carrier's allowance, with a warning at half used, again at 80%, and again when it runs out
  • Usage counted from the carrier's real billing day
  • Previous billing cycles archived, not deleted

Usage breakdown

Screenshot of the usage charts goes here.

A log that explains itself

Devices joining and leaving, connections failing over, limits being hit, hardware dropping off, and every change anyone made — written in plain English, not error codes. Exports to a file for the client.

  • Alerts when a piece of hardware goes offline
  • Quiet during a planned shutdown — no false alarms
  • Speed tests on demand, with history
  • Every operator action recorded with who did it

Diagnostics log

Screenshot of the diagnostics feed goes here.

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Rent or buy a GhostNet case

Every rental includes configuration before it ships and remote support while it is on the floor.

Rental
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per case, per day
  • Configured to your show before it ships
  • All three carriers included
  • Remote monitoring for the whole run
  • Control panel access for your team
  • [Lorem ipsum — data allowance included]
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Request a quote
Purchase
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per case, plus service
  • The case, the hardware and the control panel
  • Your own branding on the panel
  • Add cases to one fleet view over time
  • [Lorem ipsum — service subscription]
  • [Lorem ipsum — warranty]
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Talk to us
Satellite access point
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per unit, per day
  • Extends coverage to a bigger stand
  • Same networks, same limits, one control panel
  • Its own small case; one power cable
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Add to a quote

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Technical specifications

What is under the lid

ItemDetail
GatewayUniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber — handles up to six separate internet connections at once
SwitchUniFi USW-Pro-XG-10-PoE, 400 W — enough power budget to run six access points
Access pointsUniFi E7, tri-band 2.4 / 5 / 6 GHz, approx. 2,000 sq ft each
Control computerRaspberry Pi 4, runs the control panel and the monitoring
Internet inputsThree cellular carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) plus one wired port for house internet
Wired ports for your gear[Lorem ipsum — LAN ports exposed on the case]
CaseNanuk 963 (main) and Nanuk 950 (satellite) — both plastic, so nothing blocks the WiFi
PowerStandard wall outlet, one cable
Power draw[Lorem ipsum — measured watts]
Dimensions and weight[Lorem ipsum — packed dimensions and weight]
Devices supported[Lorem ipsum — tested concurrent device count]
SecurityWPA2 by default for the widest device compatibility; WPA3 available per network
Remote accessEncrypted tunnel — nothing on the case is exposed to the open internet
Questions we get

The honest answers

Including the things it deliberately does not do.

Does it work if the venue has no internet at all?

Yes. The case brings its own connections from three cellular carriers. The venue's hardline is optional — a fourth input you can add if the house internet happens to be good.

What happens if one carrier stops working?

Traffic moves to the others automatically. A show floor at peak hour is the worst radio environment most networks ever see, and one carrier struggling while another is fine is normal, not a fault.

Can it run a public guest network?

No, and that is deliberate. Carrier terms for these business lines exclude public and guest WiFi, and a line can be suspended mid-show for breaching them. Networks are given out by password or QR code instead.

Is the data really unlimited?

No — and anybody who tells you otherwise is selling something. Each carrier line has a high-speed allowance, and past it the carrier slows you down. The control panel shows exactly where each carrier stands and warns you when a carrier is half way through its allowance, again at 80%, and again when it is gone — so it is never a surprise.

Can somebody at the booth break it?

Not from the WiFi. The case is configured before it ships and changed only from the control panel, which needs a sign-in. There is nothing to press on the case itself except the power.

Does it update itself during a show?

No, on purpose. Everything is frozen at a known version. An unattended update that reboots a piece of hardware at 3am is a far likelier way to lose a show than anything it would protect against.

How many people can use it at once?

[Lorem ipsum — tested concurrent device count] Coverage is roughly 2,000 sq ft per access point, and satellites extend that for larger stands.

What support comes with it?

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Put one in your booth

Tell us the show, the stand size and the dates, and we will tell you what it takes to cover it.

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