Outdoor Wifi

[eyebeebe]

I‘ve recently run a lan connection and power to the garden (due to the concrete building and earth in the way the wifi doesn‘t extend) and am looking for recommendations for an outdoor access point that I can hook up that doesn‘t cost the earth and broadcast 5 miles. It’s only to support a Sonos when I take it out, potentially an IP connection and maybe a bit of streaming, but not more than 20m from where it will be positioned. Everything I‘ve found so far seems to be Power over Ethernet which my switch doesn‘t support, requires a controller i.e. Ubiquiti, but I don‘t have any space in the server cabinet for one or is complete overkill and costs a fortune. It needs to be rated to at least -10 degrees.

Any thoughts?

[BigTZ4M]

Ubiquiti access points come with injectors so as long as you have power you don’t need a PoE switch. An AC-lite would be great for what you want.

Also don’t worry about the controller. If you only want a basic setup then you can load it onto a PC/Mac, set the AP up and then never look at it again. The AP works without the controller running. Or you can use the app on a smartphone/pad to do a basic setup.

At the other end of the spectrum of this is going to be in an outbuilding and not exposed to the elements then I’ve used one of these for basic WiFi with not a lot of devices and no need for super speeds. https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-WA901ND-Wirele...

Edited by BigTZ4M on Wednesday 17th July 21:58

[mikef]

I run a Ubiquiti AC Pro, over Ethernet from my router (80 meters) and with a local power supply. Brilliant bit of kit

[babelfish]

I use a TP-Link N300 Wireless Outdoor Access Point that comes with a PoE injector.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N4EGN6H/ref...

[eyebeebe]

Thanks everyone. I’ve ordered the TP-Link N300.
If it doesn’t work, I’ll look again at the Ubiquiti.