have a camera in our garage at our cottage currently using netgear ex8000 extender not overly reliable.. would like something that is better at signal for longer range.. it is about 60 yds away..
indoors using a buffalo hi power running 2.4ghz only with a large 20dbi antenna mounted high up..
thanks
I don't have any personal experience with these but I am dying for someone to try them! But any chance of running cat6 out there?
unfort. not easily,, if i ran anything it would be coax and use moca.. as it goes through a drain field and pipe from the well.. it would be clostly for one camera in the garage watching for theft of our toys during the winter...lol
Powerline?
also what you posted is only 30 or 90 degress so would need to put a bundle up ... very costly as well.
just looking at leaving what i have indoors wihich is360 degress. and replacing the extender with a better model.
Iād buy a set of Ethernet over power line adapters and try them. They can be hit or miss but worth a try if you have power there coming from your house.
thanks .. old style wiring some evey still have wires with asbestos insulators.. cant imagine it would work well but may be worth a try...
If you have a Best Buy near you they carry the Netgear version so you could always buy, try, and return.
lol not in the middle of the upper peninsula in mich.. right now still 2 feet of snow at the location.. will buy from amazon in the summer when we get there and return if it doesnt work.. thanks for the tip.
we a few yeas ago had the old screw in fuses replace with circuit breakers but not all circuits are rewired. in fact they left the asbestos wiring and just ran whole new circuits.. only the computer tv and appliances have new circuits..
I would say some sort of mesh device. Bigger antennas might help, but not an ideal solution.
Power line adapters work well depending on your wiring as well.
About three weeks ago, I bought a TP-Link AC1200 wifi extender for the exercise studio and sauna buildings I built late last year. They are both solar powered (with battery) and not connected to house electricity so powerline wasn't possible. The rest of the property has Peplink APs connected via ethernet (5 in all) but this location would have required trenching over/near the AC line between two other buildings so I wasn't up for that. Anyway... it works well enough that I'm keeping it, but with three quirks.
First, it has an LED that changes color based on quality of signal it's receiving (to then extend). That always says the signal is awful unless I have it plugged in practically on top of an AP, even when other devices show decent signal. So, that's not reliable. Next, it creates a separate network/SSID (adds "EXT" to end of SSID name). I wish I could just use the name of the regular network ut I don't think that's possible with any of these extender products. Finally, speed is reduced by about half but still perfectly usable, compared to the expensive APs around the property.
Bottom line: If powerline or an AP on ethernet are possible, either are much better. But if, like me, neither is a decent option then this little extender will at least get you back online at a speed that will allow streaming, etc.
I'd be more inclined to install a PTP solution and drop an extra AP in the building, but I like doing things unnecessarily (read as spend extra money).
I just picked up a few TP-Link devices for WIFI setup at camp (for about 20 people) using Starlink as the ISP. I also manage quite a few sites using a variety of Ubiquiti products, including APs, and a few Nanobeam 5AC site to site bridges. These devices are POE. Rock solid for years now on two sites (four buildings, commercial) using them. The bridges will do 60 yards line of site with zero issues and give you plenty of speed. Nanobeam 5AC units will run about $99 each and have an extra port for an AP.
The TP-Link Omada software is very similar to the Ubiquity management software, maybe from the same source. I've got an EAP610 and two EAP 225s (outdoor APs), as well as their OC200 controller appliance as I'm doing a hotspot and mesh with authentication for the camp sites. I ran a few quick tests in town (camp is buried in snow still) and 60 yards at 2.4Ghz even with these APs might be a stretch. The Nanobeam AC5s are solid, and not expensive so I'd look there for a site to site link if you don't want to run a Cat6. Direct bury cat6 is easy, cheap and the best choice if you change over to a 4K POE camera at some point.
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