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EddieWalker
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Internet Options for my Mom
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Eddie, in place of that physical Ethernet cable to the back of the house, I used Ethernet-over-powerline. One unit at the router to inject signal into the house wiring, another at the back window to receive it and feed a router there, set up in bridge mode so it duplicates the primary router.
In your case, you would feed an antenna there.
Its random luck whether the house wiring will carry signals at sufficient speed. Stuff from Amazon is returnable.
In your case, you would feed an antenna there.
Its random luck whether the house wiring will carry signals at sufficient speed. Stuff from Amazon is returnable.
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I am using an eero mesh setup on our farm. I have a firestick in another building at 150 feet away picking up the network. That is going through two walls and into a concrete old style mesh parge wall and a wall mounted TV. I also pick up the network in there for browsing.
I would try a mesh system first.
I would try a mesh system first.
ning
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I have a mesh inside my house which takes my main Internet (300 Mbps) and makes it easily useable throughout the house (speeds in the house range down to about 120Mbps).
One of the mesh units is by a window that gives my gate, 150' away from that mesh unit, 60Mbps.
My chicken coop 200' away but about 25' lower elevation only gets 10Mbps (mesh units don't typically handle elevation differences very well).
Unfortunately my solar array which has a reporting function doesn't get quite enough signal at 500' away - sometimes it connects but usually not. Currently that uses a cellular connection (included with the hardware... free for 5 years) a few times a day but I plan to extend my mesh further in its direction so that there's just enough signal for better data and then it won't use the cellular any more.
@EddieWalker I would personally first try getting a few mesh units and see if it "just works" - put one in your house attached to your ISP router, and one in Mom's house (after configuring them to talk to each other first at your house). I'll bet you can get enough at her house 100' away to live with it - 20Mbps doesn't give instant video downloads but it's sufficient for streaming movies.
Modern WiFi has strong security that can be relied upon, as long as you don't go disabling it.
One of the mesh units is by a window that gives my gate, 150' away from that mesh unit, 60Mbps.
My chicken coop 200' away but about 25' lower elevation only gets 10Mbps (mesh units don't typically handle elevation differences very well).
Unfortunately my solar array which has a reporting function doesn't get quite enough signal at 500' away - sometimes it connects but usually not. Currently that uses a cellular connection (included with the hardware... free for 5 years) a few times a day but I plan to extend my mesh further in its direction so that there's just enough signal for better data and then it won't use the cellular any more.
@EddieWalker I would personally first try getting a few mesh units and see if it "just works" - put one in your house attached to your ISP router, and one in Mom's house (after configuring them to talk to each other first at your house). I'll bet you can get enough at her house 100' away to live with it - 20Mbps doesn't give instant video downloads but it's sufficient for streaming movies.
Modern WiFi has strong security that can be relied upon, as long as you don't go disabling it.
LittleBill21
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I have to agree throwing mesh at it might be the easiest option.
buy this 3 pack, put one in the window at your house. put one in the window at her house, see if they will work this way. (make sure they are all connected before putting one in her house)
she would just need to connect to the new ssid that eero puts out.
https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-eero-...d260d54984866&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
and you would just disable the wireless in your own router, and use these as the wifi, the book should walk you through it pretty easily.
that distance is not remotely far at all
buy this 3 pack, put one in the window at your house. put one in the window at her house, see if they will work this way. (make sure they are all connected before putting one in her house)
she would just need to connect to the new ssid that eero puts out.
https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-eero-...d260d54984866&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
and you would just disable the wireless in your own router, and use these as the wifi, the book should walk you through it pretty easily.
that distance is not remotely far at all
If you want to do this as a backup for your mom this is what I would do first.
1.Buy a Ethernet cable local or on line that would reach your window closest to your mothers window.
2. Connect the cable to the modem that Spectrum supplied.
3. Move the router to the your window closest to your mothers window and connect.
4 At your mothers place connect her tablet to your SSID and set it up with security.
This should cost $30 to $40 for cat6 cable
If that doesn't work, and I'm betting it will, buy an extender or mesh as above, move you router back to where it was and connect the extender at the window using the Ethernet cable, with a mesh you would not need a cable.
1.Buy a Ethernet cable local or on line that would reach your window closest to your mothers window.
2. Connect the cable to the modem that Spectrum supplied.
3. Move the router to the your window closest to your mothers window and connect.
4 At your mothers place connect her tablet to your SSID and set it up with security.
This should cost $30 to $40 for cat6 cable
If that doesn't work, and I'm betting it will, buy an extender or mesh as above, move you router back to where it was and connect the extender at the window using the Ethernet cable, with a mesh you would not need a cable.
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EddieWalker
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I like that idea. I'll probably need a Cat 6 cable anyway, so why not buy it now and see what happens?
LittleBill21
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generally running a cat 6 cable through a house is pretty unsightly, the mesh units are wireless and will provide a better experience.
ning
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Agreed - and Eddie quite likely doesn't need the cable. I still have a 100' spool of cat6 I bought for an old project and ended up not using; unfortunately the window to return it closed before I realized. I should sell it online I guess...
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A good quality mesh network router might work. I have one called Eero. Worth a try. Return if it doesn't work.
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