Wi-Fi extenders

[del_boy]

Whats the best type of Wi-Fi extender to get wifi from the house to the buildngs to run 4 cctv cameras in the shed? The house and building is approx 120 metres apart with another building in between but no trees.
Wifi router in the house is getting 55mbps download and 20mbps uploads, there are power points in all buildings between the house and building we're heading for.
Don't really want to use cable if we can help it. Thanks

 

[upnortheast]

Something like enge nius wireless bridge kit from Solwise would do the job. Their help boys are good if you explain your situation - other brands availble

 

[del_boy]

A cable of some sort wouldn't be a total pain to put up possibly. If i had a cable I'd still need something on the other end to relay the Wi-Fi to the cameras but im not sure what

 

[Limcrazy]

Use tp link powerlink adaptors here and well pleased with them. I've 2 in different sheds sending back to one at the router in house. Definately a cheap quick and tidy way of getting signal out to yard.

 

[del_boy]

How many adapters have to in line taking it to where you wanted to go? Is there much range on them?
No idea how much signal the Wi-Fi cameras need to work.

 

[Limcrazy]

No just one inside house and one at end of line in yard at wifi hub. Ive another in a shed for a camera that is in wifi blind spot. Buy a pair and plug them in where you think they'll need to be and plug laptop into outside one with a ethernet cable and see if you can get online. If you buy power through ones they'll need less sockets.

 

[del_boy]

At the moment Ive actually got the 4g wifi router in the shed with the cameras so its working well but ive just added a unlimited data sim card so thought we might aswell make use of the free data in the farm house which is currently on a landline but only getting 0.5mbps download where as in the building with router im getting 55mbps down so either thinking put the router in the house and bounce some Wi-Fi to the cameras or leave the router alone and try and bounce some signal into the house

 

[Limcrazy]

Should work as long as house and yard on same power supply. Probably easier leaving router in shed if cameras are working on it. If homeplugs give you signal in house it should be the same speed. Then plug another wifi router into it.

 

[del_boy]

Im not convinced the buildings are on the same line as the house.
Any idea idea how much data these cameras require? Put 9gb on a sim card and we've got 2 ptz cameras and a fixed one and it used 9gb in 3 days.

 

[Will92]

Set a point to point bridge using something like Ubiquiti nano stations, then buy a switch to plug the cameras in and power them over POE. There are plenty of YouTube videos to help.

Ubiquiti Store

Rethinking IT

www.ui.com

 

[del_boy]

Should work as long as house and yard on same power supply. Probably easier leaving router in shed if cameras are working on it. If homeplugs give you signal in house it should be the same speed. Then plug another wifi router into it.

The last plug on the receiving end, does this emmit Wi-Fi signal good enough to pick up or does it need to be relayed to another device 1st? Would the cameras pick up this signal?
If i moved the router to another shed then ran cat 5 cables from the camera to the router we'd have a much better and closer vision of the farmhouse. Would this work?

 

[Limcrazy]

Hi i have a wifi hub(outdoor router) which is wired by ethernet cable about 30metres to homeplug. The hub gives the wifi all the homeplugs do is carry the info from one router to the other. Homeplugs are about 80m apart but across yard and driveway and to wtong side of the house so much easier than burying or overhead cables.

 

[del_boy]

Hi i have a wifi hub(outdoor router) which is wired by ethernet cable about 30metres to homeplug. The hub gives the wifi all the homeplugs do is carry the info from one router to the other. Homeplugs are about 80m apart but across yard and driveway and to wtong side of the house so much easier than burying or overhead cables.

So I'll need a router box both ends of the chain and connect the 1st and last plugs with Ethernet cable to each router and use the router to bounce the Wi-Fi signal about the room. (Sorry if im being thick!') at the moment everything is wireless signal with power going to each camera and power to the router box. The router is in the middle of the shed (90ftx90ft)and the cameras are dotted about, closest 5m and the furthest in another shed about 20m away. Thanks

 

[upnortheast]

So I'll need a router box both ends of the chain and connect the 1st and last plugs with Ethernet cable to each router and use the router to bounce the Wi-Fi signal about the room. (Sorry if im being thick!') at the moment everything is wireless signal with power going to each camera and power to the router box. The router is in the middle of the shed (90ftx90ft)and the cameras are dotted about, closest 5m and the furthest in another shed about 20m away. Thanks

Yes, but you only have one router in the network, it sorted IP addresses and directs traffic. At the other end you can use a router but you need to go in to settings and turn off DCHP server. Then that box just passed the signals back to the main router.

 

[del_boy]

At the moment Ive got a heauwi b525 4g unlocked router. This will be the main router im using that picks up the signal. Ive also got another identical router in the cupboard spare, will this be ok to use on the receiving end aswell

 

[del_boy]

At the moment Ive got a heauwi b525 4g unlocked router with a three sum card in. This will be the main router im using that picks up the signal. Ive also got another identical router in the cupboard spare, will this be ok to use on the receiving end aswell? And both routers need to be plugged into the 1st and last plug using Ethernet cable, have i got this right?

 

[del_boy]

At the moment Ive got a Huawei b525 4g unlocked router with a three sim card in. This will be the main router im using that picks up the signal. Ive also got another identical router in the cupboard spare, will this be ok to use on the receiving end aswell? And both routers need to be plugged into the 1st and last plug using Ethernet cable, have i got this right?

 

[upnortheast]

Yep should be ok. Just turn off DHCP on second one. Also ethernet incomer into ordinary port (yellow ? ) Not the one you would plug an incoming broadband service

 

[del_boy]

Yep should be ok. Just turn off DHCP on second one. Also ethernet incomer into ordinary port (yellow ? ) Not the one you would plug an incoming broadband service

How do i turn off DHCP?
Ive taken a picture of the back of the routers. They are marked lan1 2 and 3 and lan4/wan.
Also on top of the router ive got a 'WPS' button whatever that does? Sorry for the questions im new to all this!

 

[upnortheast]

You need to log in to its settings.im away from home so don't have details Google will know