Getting internet to the shop

JustDandee

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Looking for ideas of extending my wireless from the house to the shop- attaching reverse angle shots but wonder what gear can I get that could extend the range/receive/repeat what parts to make this happen- 100-110 feet of distance- line of sight. If I can put something in the window of the house and something at the shop?

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Buy the two pack and setup in WDS Bridge Mode. Capable of speeds up to 867 Mbps, 5 GHz.
The first five star review explains step by step how to setup very easily.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TXMBLG1/?tag=wranglerorg-20
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Oh come on, it's really not hard to set up...
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2021

Hold my beer I could still futz this up😁

but that for sure looks like its got the range/bandwidth for my needs.
 
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I use Ubiquiti Unifi stuff here. I have four buildings on 10 acres. I switched to Ubiquiti after years and years of using consumer-grade stuff and having to reset routers weekly, sometimes daily. The I.T. consultant we use at our office suggested Ubiquiti when I was complaining that nobody makes a router that works consistently. It's a bit more expensive, but I haven't had to reset anything even once a year with it. It just works - all the time. I have a router in the wiring hub, an access point in the kitchen, an extender in the attic, and then extenders and routers as needed in the other buildings. The extenders are also access points, so I can get a wifi connection on a good portion of the 10 acres, too.
 
I had the same challenge. Shop is about 150' from the house and needed internet to stream on the shop TV and Tablo for OTA programming. After trying repeaters with little luck I found this to beam full bandwidth:

TP-Link 2.4GHz N300 Long Range Outdoor CPE for PtP and PtMP Transmission | Point to Point Wireless Bridge | 9dBi, 5km+ | Passive PoE Powered w/ Free PoE Injector | Pharos Control (CPE210)​


Need two units to set up AP Client Router mode. works like a charm.
 
Rather then screwing around I just buried a cat 6 cable and set up a router in my shop about 200' away.

This is similar to what I did. I used a powerline adapter to my outside septic system box which has 2 electrical outlets in it. Ran/buried the Cat6 cable from the box to the shop and connected to an eero for wifi inside the shop.
 
Rather then screwing around I just buried a cat 6 cable and set up a router in my shop about 200' away.

I might be lazier than y’all. 😜But my shoulder starts aching even thinking about hand trenching- then there is the router that is in room on the far side of the house, the surface root of those big populars, sprinkler lines, shallow buried irrigation culvert in the drive way, and the asphalt apron at the shop. … but again that is straight forward design- ..
 
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I might be lazier than y’all. 😜But my shoulder starts aching even thinking about hand trenching- then there is the router that is in room on the far side of the house, the surface root of those big populars, sprinkler lines, shallow buried irrigation culvert in the drive way, and the asphalt apron at the shop. … but again that is straight forward design- ..

And sometimes geology works against you:

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That's about 8" of "top soil" (I use that term loosely) over solid white limestone. If you look closely, you can see tooth marks from the rock saw I had to use to cut the trench. I took this picture because it was at a tee junction of two trenches, and I had to finish the trench by hand due to the existing water line in place. You're looking at the start of two weekends with an impact hammer and shovel to finish that small area! Sometimes the easy way is actually the hard way!

My back still ached when I was contemplating whether to go wired or wireless for network service between buildings. It wasn't a hard decision...
 
potential alternative option to extending existing wifi could be a ethernet power line adapter kit and a secondary wifi router within the garage if the house and garage are on the same main electrical panel. dont know squat about power line adapters but have seen them in use in situations where wifi won't reach a certain room or wifi latency is very poor. not sure if it will fit the bill but if your not aware of them it could be something worthy of you doing a little research on to see if it could work in your situation.

https://www.netgear.com/home/wired/powerline/plp2000/
 
My shop load center is powered off lugs at my house meter so I thought a power might work. It would work in my house, but couldn't get it to work in the shop.
 
don't know if you figured this out already, but X2 for Unifi
https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-wireless/products/ubb-us
I use this to cross an intersection diagonally and I see 1Gb connection consistently at 96 m (314ft). I feed several VOIP phones and computers at the remote building with no issues. Full disclosure: Considering the price vs performance and that I use Unifi across several companies, I am a Unifi fanboy.
 
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