WIFI from down the bottom of the garden?
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I need to help a family member with getting wifi coverage in their garden - too far from the house to stick something inside and get coverage needed.
I installed a Powerline/wifi transmitter several years ago which sort of worked, but was slightly hit & miss - its now packed up.
They have the wifi router near plug sockets.....and socket in the garden/garage that could be used.
Can anyone recommend a decent Powerline setup these days?
Thanks,
I installed a Powerline/wifi transmitter several years ago which sort of worked, but was slightly hit & miss - its now packed up.
They have the wifi router near plug sockets.....and socket in the garden/garage that could be used.
Can anyone recommend a decent Powerline setup these days?
Thanks,
I've got a pair of Devolo powerline adaptors, they connect my ISP router in my lounge to my CCTV recorder in the garage, on a different electrical circuit.
They are probably 8 or 9 years old, I've probably had to reboot them 3 or 4 times in that time, I would buy this brand again based on how reliable they've been.
They are probably 8 or 9 years old, I've probably had to reboot them 3 or 4 times in that time, I would buy this brand again based on how reliable they've been.
Just stick another poweline wireless system in there such as TP-Link TL-WPA4220 KIT AV600 Powerline Adapter Wi-Fi Booster
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They are available at Argos for about £45, so if they don't work, return them.
Modern ones are quicker and more relaible.
No point in spending a lot of money on it or making things more complicated.
I have used them in various properties for years and they have been fine.
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They are available at Argos for about £45, so if they don't work, return them.
Modern ones are quicker and more relaible.
No point in spending a lot of money on it or making things more complicated.
I have used them in various properties for years and they have been fine.
Badda said:
My Deco mesh system reconnect to a repeater in our summer house - approx 40m from the next one.
If you go this route use one of the P series ones, they have powerline build in so can use that as well as wifi for the backhaul. Powerline is a bit hit and miss in my opinion, some people have it working fine, others have massive problems with it. I've used it in 2 houses and found it worked but was slow. It has improved a lot over the years though.If you can drill through a wall and mount a wired access point on the outside of the house, you can get outdoor wireless bridges that are designed specifically for this kind thing, one unit on the side of the house and one on the side of the garage, and they're directional so able to communicate over much longer distances than standard wifi, you'd then need a wifi access point in the garage too.
The best solution as far as connectivity is concerned would be to run a proper armoured ethernet cable, but you want to bury it a coupe of feet down so it's a lot of work
You can get access points that are designed for long range - ubiquiti have several "LR" units, but I'm sure the others do too.
They also do APs suitable for outdoor use, so you could affix to the rear of the house to provide signal. Again, I'm sure other manufacturers sell similar products.
They also do APs suitable for outdoor use, so you could affix to the rear of the house to provide signal. Again, I'm sure other manufacturers sell similar products.
RizzoTheRat said:
If you go this route use one of the P series ones, they have powerline build in so can use that as well as wifi for the backhaul. Powerline is a bit hit and miss in my opinion, some people have it working fine, others have massive problems with it. I've used it in 2 houses and found it worked but was slow. It has improved a lot over the years though.
If you can drill through a wall and mount a wired access point on the outside of the house, you can get outdoor wireless bridges that are designed specifically for this kind thing, one unit on the side of the house and one on the side of the garage, and they're directional so able to communicate over much longer distances than standard wifi, you'd then need a wifi access point in the garage too.
The best solution as far as connectivity is concerned would be to run a proper armoured ethernet cable, but you want to bury it a coupe of feet down so it's a lot of work
Why bury it?If you can drill through a wall and mount a wired access point on the outside of the house, you can get outdoor wireless bridges that are designed specifically for this kind thing, one unit on the side of the house and one on the side of the garage, and they're directional so able to communicate over much longer distances than standard wifi, you'd then need a wifi access point in the garage too.
The best solution as far as connectivity is concerned would be to run a proper armoured ethernet cable, but you want to bury it a coupe of feet down so it's a lot of work
Badda said:
RizzoTheRat said:
If you go this route use one of the P series ones, they have powerline build in so can use that as well as wifi for the backhaul. Powerline is a bit hit and miss in my opinion, some people have it working fine, others have massive problems with it. I've used it in 2 houses and found it worked but was slow. It has improved a lot over the years though.
If you can drill through a wall and mount a wired access point on the outside of the house, you can get outdoor wireless bridges that are designed specifically for this kind thing, one unit on the side of the house and one on the side of the garage, and they're directional so able to communicate over much longer distances than standard wifi, you'd then need a wifi access point in the garage too.
The best solution as far as connectivity is concerned would be to run a proper armoured ethernet cable, but you want to bury it a coupe of feet down so it's a lot of work
Why bury it?If you can drill through a wall and mount a wired access point on the outside of the house, you can get outdoor wireless bridges that are designed specifically for this kind thing, one unit on the side of the house and one on the side of the garage, and they're directional so able to communicate over much longer distances than standard wifi, you'd then need a wifi access point in the garage too.
The best solution as far as connectivity is concerned would be to run a proper armoured ethernet cable, but you want to bury it a coupe of feet down so it's a lot of work
megaphone said:
Doofus said:
I thought ethernet cable was only reliable/effective over limited lengths.
100m is generally regarded as the max length of an ethernet run, but I've run longer on standard CAT5e and still achieved gigabit speedshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/WAVLINK-High-gain-Weather...
I have this and ran circa 100m of cable down the garden. Probably a little under 100m. We do have power where we'd attached it to a summerhouse but it does PoE.
Set the network name and password to the same as your home network and it works perfectly.
I have this and ran circa 100m of cable down the garden. Probably a little under 100m. We do have power where we'd attached it to a summerhouse but it does PoE.
Set the network name and password to the same as your home network and it works perfectly.
Doofus said:
megaphone said:
Doofus said:
I thought ethernet cable was only reliable/effective over limited lengths.
100m is generally regarded as the max length of an ethernet run, but I've run longer on standard CAT5e and still achieved gigabit speedsRoad2Ruin said:
I love the way the thread has gone from the Op asking for a decent powerline, to people trying to sell them something a lot more complicated and expensive. Used car salesmen right there 
To be fair, he was saying the powerline wasn't working.The suggestion I made it cheap and cheerful but works.
megaphone said:
Doofus said:
megaphone said:
Doofus said:
I thought ethernet cable was only reliable/effective over limited lengths.
100m is generally regarded as the max length of an ethernet run, but I've run longer on standard CAT5e and still achieved gigabit speedsI’m running POE+ cameras and APs at 60m+ from the switches with no issues. On Cat5e it was more hit and miss.
Unifi also do the “flex” switches that, when fed with PoE+, can onward provide PoE (as well as extending range).
The obvious question hasn’t been asked of the OP: what sort of distance is he looking at?
He clearly has power at both ends, so there are also point to point options/bridge if its outside what could be done with normal APs or Ethernet.
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