wireless bridge

[HFCS]

What about a mesh system?

I couldn’t believe the improvement in my second floor when we upgraded the WiFi mesh system. It’s only 50 feet, not 150 but it’s such an improvement I imagine it would’ve worked from further out. The ten year old one I had before was worthless in comparison.

 

[Cloneon]

Power over ethernet (POE) is the sending 24V power to a device over Cat cable. To power a camera or other device, with one cable for data/power.

The powerline adapter mentioned above is sending data over your existing electrical wires. And may or may not work in this case.

Glad you clarified that. The powerline ethernet adapter should work. It's a modified broadband MAC level signal which is suspect to circuit panel bridging and distance, but if you place both ends on the same circuit you 'should' be good. Here's a link to kickstart you: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-powerline-networking-kit/

 

[nrg4isu]

Power over ethernet (POE) is the sending 24V power to a device over Cat cable. To power a camera or other device, with one cable for data/power.

The powerline adapter mentioned above is sending data over your existing electrical wires. And may or may not work in this case.

POE is not 24V. It's usually 48V. The rest of this post is correct.

As other have stated your options are.

1) Buried Fiber - best option, most possibility w/ speed, most reliable, electrically isolated from your house if that matters, not as expensive as most people think but you do need 2 media converters (fiber to ethernet)

2) Buried Cat 6 - simplest, good for 300ft, make sure it's direct bury cable

3) Point 2 Point wireless - easy to physically setup, can be affected by weather, not the highest speed option

4) Powerline adaptors - a little finicky, slower usually

 

[CoachHines3]

I've actually been contemplating doing this as well. I would probably use a cable directly into my router inside and run the cable outside and trench it down a couple of inches.

 

[clones_jer]

only thing with burying is that I'd have to locate the power cable, I assume it's buried deep, but the city won't locate it because they only do service to the main residence. I also have finished basement ceilings, so hiding the cable as I fish my way to the living room might be a trick and I hate drywall repairs lol.

think I'm gonna give the bridge a shot first

 

[nrg4isu]

only thing with burying is that I'd have to locate the power cable, I assume it's buried deep, but the city won't locate it because they only do service to the main residence. I also have finished basement ceilings, so hiding the cable as I fish my way to the living room might be a trick and I hate drywall repairs lol.

think I'm gonna give the bridge a shot first

I know that pain well. I really want to get POE security/surveillance cameras setup (I'm not paying monthly subscriptions to Arlo etc.) and I can't find any great way to run a cable to my attic. I also hate drywall repairs, it's an art an I am not an artist.

 

[gypsyroad]

Power over ethernet (POE) is the sending 24V power to a device over Cat cable. To power a camera or other device, with one cable for data/power.

The powerline adapter mentioned above is sending data over your existing electrical wires. And may or may not work in this case.

You're right, I called it the wrong thing. I meant a powerline ethernet adapter. It worked in the house, did not work out to my shop.

 

[gypsyroad]

only thing with burying is that I'd have to locate the power cable, I assume it's buried deep, but the city won't locate it because they only do service to the main residence. I also have finished basement ceilings, so hiding the cable as I fish my way to the living room might be a trick and I hate drywall repairs lol.

think I'm gonna give the bridge a shot first

Good luck. I was fortunate that I already had a hole running out of the house from the unfinished basement. The bridge solution would have probably worked for me but costs ramped up faster than I expected.

 

[titleist]

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[danielyp29]

 

[snowcraig2.0]

this is probably a dumb question, but I want to get internet to an outbuilding without burying cable. i've heard of using "power conductor riders" but not really sure what I'm looking for. any ideas? building is probably roughly 150' from the house, just out of range from my wifi extender, works outside the door, nothing inside.

basically I'm trying to watch pornhub in my shed when needed.

FIFY

 

[brianhos]

https://ui.com/us/en/wifi/building-bridge. Those work great, but are kinda $$$.

 

[Cy Hard]

 

[clones_jer]

ha - did you know you could edit the title of the thread? lol - great fun

 

[snowcraig2.0]

ha - did you know you could edit the title of the thread? lol - great fun

you had to know where this thread was heading.....

 

[clones_jer]

just to put a bow on this

bought a KuWifi bridge on amazon for $50. it took a little doing, but now have ~25 Mbps in the barn. Easily enough for the tv and podcasting I was wanting it for. Watched the 49er/Jets game outside the barn by the firepit, which was pretty sweet. And that's with both antennas mounted indoors - I have plans to move the barn one outside the wall to improve it.

it was a little frustrating setting it up, after a LOT of swearing and banging by head against the wall and many trips between antennas, finally noticed I'd plugged the host end into the back of my modem and decided to switch it to the back of the wifi router. instantly everything started working perfectly.

not sure why that fixed it, I assumed the "out" ports on the modem and router would be similar, but I'm not an IT guru at all

anyway, thanks for all the help!

 

[Gorm]

Just make a can-tenna with a Pringles can and a wire. Shoots a signal like a mile.

Here's an article that I didn't read but covers what I'm getting at.

How to Make a Wi-Fi Antenna Out of a Pringles Can

Use a Pringles can to make a simple home-made antenna to boost your Wi-Fi range.

www.makeuseof.com

We built and ran an experiment with this concept back when I was in Kirkwood in 2003. - It worked far better than I could have ever imagined.

 

[clones_jer]

I was actually looking at materials for that pringles can, but when i found em for $50 it didn't seem worth the effort. I'm sure what I bought is as cheaply made as a pringles can anyway lol

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

We built and ran an experiment with this concept back when I was in Kirkwood in 2003. - It worked far better than I could have ever imagined.

Ya I've never done it myself but everything I read says it's hilarious how far it shoots.