WiFi to stables .more eero or something else?
Discussion
House is old and stone (1m walls) so have a bunch of eeros to get the internet (from Starlink) string the house - works great.
Have an erro wired through the wall to one mounted on the outside (in a weather proof box) to transmit wifi to the front garden. Works great.
And run a cable to the barn to an eero then for wifi in there. Works great.
Now need to get wifi to the stable so I can put a ring camera there to watch the goats (don’t ask) and some wifi in the girls outside the stable would be cool (but not essential)
So….to complicated and far to hard wire. I could wire an eero through the wall and mount another on the outside (like I did the front of the house) and do the same at the stable and hope the signal gets there….it should. But it means a bunch more eeros.
So what’s better? Is a point to point bridge thing the solution? If so, why better than an error? I assume it’s the same set up? Wire from a house eero, through the wall to a mounted bridge that sends a signal to one at the stable that plugs into a fresh eero there. So why a bridge, not an eero. The eero also has the benefit of upping the outdoor WiFi on route to the stable. But something tells me a bridge is what I should use????
Have an erro wired through the wall to one mounted on the outside (in a weather proof box) to transmit wifi to the front garden. Works great.
And run a cable to the barn to an eero then for wifi in there. Works great.
Now need to get wifi to the stable so I can put a ring camera there to watch the goats (don’t ask) and some wifi in the girls outside the stable would be cool (but not essential)
So….to complicated and far to hard wire. I could wire an eero through the wall and mount another on the outside (like I did the front of the house) and do the same at the stable and hope the signal gets there….it should. But it means a bunch more eeros.
So what’s better? Is a point to point bridge thing the solution? If so, why better than an error? I assume it’s the same set up? Wire from a house eero, through the wall to a mounted bridge that sends a signal to one at the stable that plugs into a fresh eero there. So why a bridge, not an eero. The eero also has the benefit of upping the outdoor WiFi on route to the stable. But something tells me a bridge is what I should use????
A point to point bridge will have directional antennae, so stronger signal at the point it's aiming at compared to your eero's which are meant to give an all round signal. Think of it like a torch with a reflector vs a plain lightbulb.
As above though I'd try it with an eero first, sticking with the same system makes managing it simpler. Can you get a cable out of a window in the right area to test it?
As above though I'd try it with an eero first, sticking with the same system makes managing it simpler. Can you get a cable out of a window in the right area to test it?
Cost, direct line of site, speed ability to deal with obstructions are all considerations in p2p vs mesh.
The question becomes what distances, building types, obstructions or direct line of site, expected throughput in target location, without understanding these it’s difficult to advise.
The question becomes what distances, building types, obstructions or direct line of site, expected throughput in target location, without understanding these it’s difficult to advise.
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