Got a friend that I'm working on setting up a system for. His house is no problem. But he has a metal building across the road for his workshop/garage. It is about 300 ft from the house. There is power there, but nothing else.
I was thinking about a second hub in that building. But need to get that connected to his main router in the house.
Does anyone have any experience with those outdoor wifi range extenders or access point units? Or any other suggestions as to how to handle this.
If his house and shed are on the same circuit, maybe something like this?
(sorry, not sure how to post amazon link)
No. Separate power meters.
I have used a pair of these:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/antenna-and-accessory/tl-ant2414a/
To send 2.4 GHz WiFi ~250-300 feet across open ground (with a few trees). It worked fine. You will need a pair of them. This was a few years ago, and I think I was getting 60-80 Mbps across the link, which should be amply sufficient for Hubitat.
AFAIK, it is still up and running.
This looks like a good option as well:
https://www.amazon.com/Tupavco-DB541-Yagi-WiFi-Antenna/dp/B015QEBC4W/
or just an old-fashioned cantenna made using a soup can
Ubiquity has a bunch of different solutions . . .
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Ubiquity has a bunch of different solutions . . .
The Ubiquity point to point links work pretty well. We have them running on about 5 sites where running fiber was cost prohibitive.
I wouldn't recommend their mesh units though as i've found them to be a bit hit and miss and had to replace multiple units on the sites we've used them on.
Silvernet kit is VERY good, but i'm not sure how available it is over in the US.
Engenius has some good devices as well. I have used a few of them at different homes for barns, and other out buildings. The say up to 5 miles. I have not used them more than 300-400ft.
Prefer the 5G Kit,
also a have ones with POE pass through for outdoor cameras (not need here but nice feature)
This looks nice!
You may find that an outside wifi won't work reliably within the metal building. If so, you can use a point-to-point with a hard line (Ethernet cable) bringing the data from outside the building to a switch on the inside.
Download the Hubitat app
