- Dedicated line, meaning that other client devices (computers, mobile devices, etc.) do not participate to consume available bandwidth. Ideally, this is much more feasible by contracting a line dedicated to this use.
- The ingest computer will be connected via Ethernet cable to the existing structured cabling network, or directly connected to the internet service provider router, to avoid cabling/patch issues that do not meet the requirement or other problems with intermediate network management devices such as firewalls, etc. The local network should support 10Gbps or 1Gbps, depending on the internet line.
- The internet line should perform at 1Gbps minimum, if higher, much better (there are local ISPs with 10Gbps capability). The focus should be on the upload direction, as it is of little use to have 1Gbps download if it does not have 1Gbps upload. For example, there are asymmetric lines that offer 1Gbps download and 200Mbps upload, which is not acceptable..
It would be necessary to conduct a test to validate the line. An initial simple test can be done with any computer connected in the described manner by accessing the website https://fast.com (also expanding the 'show more info' menu to see the upload speed).
If this test is satisfactory, a second test is recommended where either the ingest computer (MacMini) is used, or any Mac with Apple Silicon cpu (running Mac OS Ventura or higher) that we can remotely access and has some media to upload and perform an ingest test.