Routers & Other Networking Stuff
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Ronaan
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Not sure on my terminology but it's on a different meter altogether, we have one for the living area and the inlaws have one for theirs and possibly a third for auxiliary stuff.
Might be worth a try in the end, I might even have a set lying around, can't hurt to try, but I don't put much hope in it.
Might be worth a try in the end, I might even have a set lying around, can't hurt to try, but I don't put much hope in it.
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Ah, yep, that's probably a different panel per meter, then. You're right, it likely won't work unless these things are resilient enough to be able to pair up all the way up through to the common utility feed into your place. It's possible but I'm as doubtful as you are.
Hey, might as well try it if you have some lying around. If it works, bonus.
Hey, might as well try it if you have some lying around. If it works, bonus.
Lanx
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i would run a cat6 (connected to router) from house all the way to the garage and connect it to some spare router you got lying around calling it garage network or something.
weatherized cat 6 100ft is like 18bucks, in case you're worried about the elements, which is always a good precaution.
ronne
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I like the part where he says running cable isn't an option and you recommend he runs cable to it. What's he supposed to do, just drape the cable across the lawn?
Being a cunt aside, getting a wire run out to the garage is honestly your best option unfortunately. As above, powerline stuff is never gonna work, and it's probably way too far for any kind of range extender to really function. Do you have any kind of cabling already run between the house > garage you could pin ethernet to?
You could try some directional antenna shit for your existing wireless router. Put the router in a room nearest/facing your garage and point something like this shit out the window or mount it on the exterior wall or something: HAWKING HAI15SC Ethernet Adapter-Newegg.com
40 meters might be at the edge of what wifi will cover though, even being unobstructed empty space.
Being a cunt aside, getting a wire run out to the garage is honestly your best option unfortunately. As above, powerline stuff is never gonna work, and it's probably way too far for any kind of range extender to really function. Do you have any kind of cabling already run between the house > garage you could pin ethernet to?
You could try some directional antenna shit for your existing wireless router. Put the router in a room nearest/facing your garage and point something like this shit out the window or mount it on the exterior wall or something: HAWKING HAI15SC Ethernet Adapter-Newegg.com
40 meters might be at the edge of what wifi will cover though, even being unobstructed empty space.
Lanx
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yea just hook it to the side of a fence, friend and I did this a while back, he wanted full coverage for his yard.
Denamian
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If I'm understanding you correctly, this is very possible. My parents get the TV/Phone/Internet package from TWC and were getting charged for modem rental. When they raised the rental rates again I looked in to it was possible for them to use their own cable modem to avoid the fee. I bought them a SB 6141 and a splitter, hooked them both up and called TWC. TWC reconfigured the combo modem to just handle the phone, then they set up the account to use the SB 6141 for internet. No more stupid modem rental fee and they haven't had any issues with it since.
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Use 2 of these, 1 as a WAP, 1 as a bridge/client
Use 2 of these antennas or something similar, replacing the stock antennas
Use 2 of these cables so the antennas can be on the exterior
I've done a similar setup, with higher cost enterprise equipment to bridge a 280ft gap between 2 wear house buildings. Don't expect mind blowing speed, but it will be a viable connection.
If you just need Wifi in the garden, then drop the second of all those items, 1 WAP, 1 Antenna pointed at garden, 1 cable extension.
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Ronaan
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Looks like this is the best I can try.
Running cable is not an option because there's open space between the house and garage, electricity is buried somewhere, and the yard is blacktop so I'm not going to be digging.
Thanks guys.
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I'd go with one of these at the source : RouterBoard.com : SXT Lite2 and this one at the receiving end RouterBoard.com : wAP or even better 2 of the first model for the point-to-point link and the second model as your AP.
They're both outdoor models, you don't have the fuck around with pigtails & shit, not to mention reliability and customization.
edit : if you want extra speed, both models have 802.11AC models at a ~50% premium.
They're both outdoor models, you don't have the fuck around with pigtails & shit, not to mention reliability and customization.
edit : if you want extra speed, both models have 802.11AC models at a ~50% premium.
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5GHz effectively halves your range, so you'd have better luck with 2.4GHz over that kind of distance. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that limits you to N, and with that kind of distance, you'd be hard pressed to get any speed on the high end of N.