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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:17 am Post subject: WIFI Repeater/Booster Options For My Remote Steel Hangar?? |
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At 07:29 AM 7/9/2019, you wrote:
Quote: | --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "LecrameMark" <lecramermark(at)yahoo.com>
There is an easier way, I can suggest you to buy one more wifi router and to connect it with an UTP cable that is long enough to reach the other router. My house is big, and I bought one more router because one wasn’t enough for the whole house. If you want more ideas () it may be useful for you, it is telling you how to configure router to work on larger distance oar gives ideas how to connect 2 routers with each other. It may be useful for you and for others. |
Just finished resolving a similar
problem with my wifi system. A recent
refurbishment of a deck at the back of
my house offered an opportunity to
move my main router to the highest
possible point inside the house. Couldn't
use the attic due to temperature variations
but we added a power and cat5 cable conduit
up through the walls to an upstairs
bedroom.
The router is now about 20' above
terrain on the property. I can
now remain 'connected' for up to
200 to 300 feet all around the house.
Dr. Dee's system needed cat5 interconnect
so I've been using an 'extender' at her
desk. These don't have a WAN port, only
4 LAN ports. They listen-talk on 2.4 and
5.8G so you can set them up to become
another wifi 'source' with their own
SSID. I set up Dr. Dee's with a 5G
SSID only because it let's me monitor
her connectivity from my mobile phone.
Other than convenience of maintenance,
the extender could be radio-silent
and only the cat5 ports active to
connect up her office.
I have another extender as wifi
repeaters with independent SSIDs
for the 'kids' wifi. It's powered
through a programmable timer that
limits their access.
A third extender is kept on hand
to supply a cat5 portal to the system
for times that I'm working a computer
that doesn't have wifi capability.
There is a boat-load of extender
products out there at really
attractive prices. The key to
good coverage is improving
radio illumination of the property
where (like in airplanes) ALTITUDE
has a profound effect on range.
Getting my main router elevated made
a huge difference. Adding extenders
in remote buildings (also as
high and clear as practical) would
offer both wifi SSID and Cat5
interconnection in the building.
For your steel hangar situation,
mounting a radio-silent extender
in a plastic housing outside on a
wall facing the house might do it.
You could then bring cat5 into
the hangar to another router that
puts the hangar on the 'net with
its own system. I've offered to
try this for a friend out in
the Gyp Hills with outbuildings
a quarter mile away from the house.
Will post the results as they become
known.
Bob . . .
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