wi fi in shop

[aczlan]

Thanks Aaron. Are these devices line of sight?

Yes, anything wireless is going to be line of sight. Mine goes through the edges of two trees, but we have never had an issue with it.
Higher frequency devices (ie: 5ghz vs 2.4ghz) are more easily blocked by leaves (especially wet leaves) but can deliver faster speeds.

Aaron Z

 

[bigdeano]

I have a 1000' link to another house. 800' is through a heavy stand of 20 year old fir trees. I used a pair of 900mhz UbiQuiTi NanoStation LOCOM9's. Haven't had any problems in the 3 years I've had them.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Metal buildings are notorious signal killers. People who put metal roofs on their house are often disapointed with lost cell signal.

you could do a simple wire pull with a potato plow (not dig a trench). I have run a lot of wire that way. Trench is better, no doubt, but a simple potato plow can get you a wire whever you want.

As noted, some systems are line of sight, others are omni directional and suffer less with obstructions. YMMV. Cell phones can get expensive quick (we use 500 gig of data a month, our cell phones allow for only 10.

 

[bigdeano]

but a simple potato plow can get you a wire whever you want.

Unless you hit roots or rocks. That's why I used a radio link.

 

[Todd727]

Yes, you will need two. The EnStations are a focused beam and results in a very fast connection. We have gigabit fiber to the house and with the Enstation, I'm getting 56Mbps down and 71 up. I put the Enstation on the outside, then ran Ethernet to the interior and to my router. Those numbers are from the WiFi in the shop. Essentially, I'm getting the full speed possible on WiFi.

 

[jcummins]

Yes, you will need two. The EnStations are a focused beam and results in a very fast connection. We have gigabit fiber to the house and with the Enstation, I'm getting 56Mbps down and 71 up. I put the Enstation on the outside, then ran Ethernet to the interior and to my router. Those numbers are from the WiFi in the shop. Essentially, I'm getting the full speed possible on WiFi.

Dang..........that's fast.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got power to shop? If so use Ethernet over power adapter Amazon.com: TRENDnet Power Line 12 AV2 Adapter Starter Kit, 2 Adapters Included with Gigabit Port, Plug and Play, MIMO, Beamforming (TPL-42E2K): Computers & Accessories

Now connect wireless acess point.

In running IP camera out of my barn on these, using an extension cord for power.

 

[weedsportpete]

Got power to shop? If so use Ethernet over power adapter Amazon.com: TRENDnet Power Line 12 AV2 Adapter Starter Kit, 2 Adapters Included with Gigabit Port, Plug and Play, MIMO, Beamforming (TPL-42E2K): Computers & Accessories

Now connect wireless acess point.

In running IP camera out of my barn on these, using an extension cord for power.

We do the same thing; not as high powered as that, but still Ethernet over power. One adapter plugs into an outlet in the office, and it takes a network cable from the router/modem. The other adapter plugs into an outlet in the barn and an Ethernet network cable runs from that adapter to an old wireless router (that I used to have in the house, but was discarded after the cable company set us up with a new router/modem). As long as there is no transformer between the two adapters, you are good to go.

We setup a different network (SSID) name in the barn, on that wireless router, than the one in the house, so that we could hand out the password to our barn guests to use that wifi but not give them access to our home network. Setting that up was a hassle. Not sure I could do it again.

Occasionally when there is a power outage or the internet is temporarily lost to the house, when it comes back up, the wireless in the barn has to be reset (power off both adapter plug and router). The wifi is connected but there is no internet on it. Still, its great to have it in the barn because my wife is down there most of the day and is on FBook constantly on her cell. Without the wifi we'd be using up our minutes.

 

[Argonne]

My router in the house has 2 antenna ports (space diversity). On one I have an omni antenna for the house, and on the other I have connected a parabolic up in the attic pointing at the out buildings. As a result, I get enough signal through the window in the shop to get coverage without doing anything fancy out there.

If you do connect an external antenna, always pay close attention of your cable and connector losses. Any signal strength you gain with a high gain or directional antenna, you can lose with transmission line losses.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Got power to shop? If so use Ethernet over power adapter Amazon.com: TRENDnet Power Line 12 AV2 Adapter Starter Kit, 2 Adapters Included with Gigabit Port, Plug and Play, MIMO, Beamforming (TPL-42E2K): Computers & Accessories

Now connect wireless acess point.

In running IP camera out of my barn on these, using an extension cord for power.

I think this is probably my best solution since I have lots of trees and another building between our house and the workshop. The line of site equipment would be pretty iffy IMHO, for our place.