Getting Wifi to detached shop 120 feet from house?

[cqaigy2]

Ubiquiti is what im currently using.

 

[blee03]

Run cat5e out to the shop
Get a new WiFi router for the shop
Put ends on the cat5e cable and plug it into the modem and the new WiFi router

Super reliable, super cheap. I do this for my shop, works perfect.
The run from the house to the shop can’t be longer than 300ft
I’d try to keep it as short as possible but always leave a few feet of extra slack on each end if possible

 

[kcflhrc]

If you are having trouble with the WiFi signal from the house to inside the metal building a Mesh System isn't going to help you one bit. Why you ask? Because they talk to each other over WiFi.

 

[Rock Crawler]

If you are having trouble with the WiFi signal from the house to inside the metal building a Mesh System isn't going to help you one bit. Why you ask? Because they talk to each other over WiFi.

For whatever reason, the Xfinity/Comcast Wifi can not be seen in the shop at all, or standing outside of it. The building is all wood framed, not a steel building. But he did put 4" foam 4'x8' sheets behind the walls and those sheets of foam board have a shiny foil layer. Maybe that foil would also stop signal... assuming you could see the wifi outside.

I think the easiest thing to try is a parabolic antenna to "beam" wifi from the house. I need to get him to the point of talking to the ex about getting into the house so we can see where she has the wifi router. It may be placed in a crazy bad place in the house, where I show it in the original post photo is where he last knew it to be. That was his spare bedroom that was set up as his office, and has since been turned back into a bedroom. So the Wifi router could have been moved or placed behind furniture. They are not exactly on the best terms... so this will need to be dealt with delicately. But since he pays for the service, he thinks that it is fair to ask to modify the system to get him access.

Another thing I thought of, he pays for the electric (along with everything else, she does not work) and the shop is actually fed power from that house. Aren't there ways to grab internet and shove it into the entire copper house wiring and you can grab it again at every and any wall outlet? That could be the easiest way to shove the interwebs out to the shop?

 

[kcflhrc]

For whatever reason, the Xfinity/Comcast Wifi can not be seen in the shop at all, or standing outside of it. The building is all wood framed, not a steel building. But he did put 4" foam 4'x8' sheets behind the walls and those sheets of foam board have a shiny foil layer. Maybe that foil would also stop signal... assuming you could see the wifi outside.

I think the easiest thing to try is a parabolic antenna to "beam" wifi from the house. I need to get him to the point of talking to the ex about getting into the house so we can see where she has the wifi router. It may be placed in a crazy bad place in the house, where I show it in the original post photo is where he last knew it to be. That was his spare bedroom that was set up as his office, and has since been turned back into a bedroom. So the Wifi router could have been moved or placed behind furniture. They are not exactly on the best terms... so this will need to be dealt with delicately. But since he pays for the service, he thinks that it is fair to ask to modify the system to get him access.

Another thing I thought of, he pays for the electric (along with everything else, she does not work) and the shop is actually fed power from that house. Aren't there ways to grab internet and shove it into the entire copper house wiring and you can grab it again at every and any wall outlet? That could be the easiest way to shove the interwebs out to the shop?

As long as the shop is fed off of the same Electrical Panel as the house the wireline extenders should work. They have to be 3 prong grounded outlets everywhere.

 

[lman]

I used 2 of these Nanostations to go about 500 ft. to my barn. Pointed one out of a window in my house to the other one in my barn and then to a router. It works good with my 10 Mb service.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DCNRTAG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Larry Caldwell]

If you are having trouble with the WiFi signal from the house to inside the metal building a Mesh System isn't going to help you one bit. Why you ask? Because they talk to each other over WiFi.

If you run ethernet you can have a mesh system. The automatic handoff is great to keep your phone from hanging on to weak signal.

 

[cqaigy2]

If you run ethernet you can have a mesh system. The automatic handoff is great to keep your phone from hanging on to weak signal.

Not exactly the same, but if running copper, distances are similar if the wifi is unobstructed. If you were running ethernet over fiber, you can go much further. Fiber optic is much cheaper than it used to be.

 

[jymbee]

I installed many Ubiquiti products during my tech days. Cant go wrong with it.

Good advice. Of course if there's any way to run wire that would be ideal but our situation the "target" is on the other side of a large pond. We use a pair of Ubiquiti LocoM2 devices. On the receiving end the Ubiquiti is connected to a wifi router that people can connect to.

Works great and not very expensive.

 

[lman]

Good advice. Of course if there's any way to run wire that would be ideal but our situation the "target" is on the other side of a large pond. We use a pair of Ubiquiti LocoM2 devices. On the receiving end the Ubiquiti is connected to a wifi router that people can connect to.

Works great and not very expensive.

That's what I said.