CCTV but no wifi in the building?

[dionbee93]

So as per the title - I rent a storage shed/unit around 25 meters from my house (other side of a carpark)

I need to put some CCTV in there that I can view from my phone and maybe 'pings' or whatever when there is activity there? Only problem is that obviously the WIFI from my house doesn't reach there.

There is electric and lighting there but no phone line / internet.

What options do I have without spending an absolute fortune?

Thanks.

[QuartzDad]

https://workswithv.vodafone.com/product/reolink-go...

Don't know if that's a fortune or not.

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QuartzDad said:

https://workswithv.vodafone.com/product/reolink-go...

Don't know if that's a fortune or not.

I can see there's a solar panel available. If it can't be connected to a power supply (as you have power) I'd have that option as battery life can be very short in a busy (car park?) area.

[QuartzDad]

Another option is something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ubiquiti-LiteBeam-M5-netw...

Stick that on the wall of your unit, point it at your house and you can have wifi in the unit.

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QuartzDad said:

Another option is something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ubiquiti-LiteBeam-M5-netw...

Stick that on the wall of your unit, point it at your house and you can have wifi in the unit.

That looks cool. Do you need two, a sender & a receiver?

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...it's just that one of the answers refers to plugging it into the router the cat5.

[QuartzDad]

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That looks cool. Do you need two, a sender & a receiver?

I'm no expert but from reading the reviews and the user guide you just need one as a receiver.

[lightweight73]

Generally you will need two, wifi traffic is bidirectional. No point in being able to receive if you can't respond.
Unifi do a lot of point to point systems. Just remembered that large metal objects in the signal path will mess with things. Get the antenna as high as possible.

[megaphone]

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QuartzDad said:

Another option is something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ubiquiti-LiteBeam-M5-netw...

Stick that on the wall of your unit, point it at your house and you can have wifi in the unit.

That looks cool. Do you need two, a sender & a receiver?

Yes you do if you want to create a wifi bridge.

In the OPs case a couple of Ubiquiti Nanostation AC Loco will be a better option, as long as there is line of sight between the house and the unit.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ubiquiti-NanoStation-airM...

[thecremeegg]

Could get a 4G dongle and a 4G Router and connect via that?

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What do we think then OP?

[Brother D]

While unifi is the belt and braces approach, I would start off with see if simple powerline adapter from Netgear or TP Link works (return them if it doesn't). The nanostations will have to be mounted and then cables routed into the house to your router which is why worth trying powerline adapters first.

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Brother D said:

While unifi is the belt and braces approach, I would start off with see if simple powerline adapter from Netgear or TP Link works (return them if it doesn't). The nanostations will have to be mounted and then cables routed into the house to your router which is why worth trying powerline adapters first.

I doubt the power in the rented storage unit is on the same circuit as the OP's house.

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Was all that of any help then OP?

[rxe]

I’m using UniFi to run a camera in an Owl box 150 metres from the house. The owls have 180Mbit up and 40 down, which is enough for each chick to watch their own 4K porn channel....

UniFi outdoor APs at each end, one has a big ass aerial on it. Only comment is that the UniFi WiFi cameras blow chunks. Put the feed into a small switch in the shed and use POE cameras - the UniFi hardwired cameras are excellent.

Edited by rxe on Monday 4th May 09:50

[Brother D]

megaphone said:

Brother D said:

While unifi is the belt and braces approach, I would start off with see if simple powerline adapter from Netgear or TP Link works (return them if it doesn't). The nanostations will have to be mounted and then cables routed into the house to your router which is why worth trying powerline adapters first.

I doubt the power in the rented storage unit is on the same circuit as the OP's house.

Typical me- I didn't read properly. That would be highly unlikely.

(However when I lived in an apartment many years ago and powerline adapters first came out, one surprisingly connected to the neighbors adapter for a good few months)

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So, did all the kind contributors help then OP?

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OP, did we help?

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Looks like we'll never know

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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

OP, did we help?

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