- Thread starter TJ in KY
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hydro70guy
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I just got new internet service here on the farm. Asked xtending it further outside, the tech told me they use extra routers of some type
that send signal through electric lie when plugged in. He said this works better than a more powerful router which can mess up
incoming signal. So check with your provider for me it was cheaper geting from them than buying my own and setting it up. Another
plus is i bought the router so no monthly payment but they will replace as if needed as long as i get service from them.
Joe
that send signal through electric lie when plugged in. He said this works better than a more powerful router which can mess up
incoming signal. So check with your provider for me it was cheaper geting from them than buying my own and setting it up. Another
plus is i bought the router so no monthly payment but they will replace as if needed as long as i get service from them.
Joe
kevinthefixer
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ran some in plastic conduit under my house, about 25', and the pack rats chewed a hole in the conduit just to chew the cable! Not buried, understand, just lying on the ground.
I have not had good luck with the power line extenders.
But, I haven't tried them recently, as in, the last 15 years.
They might be much better now.
WiFi is not going to cut it through that metal siding.
Even at 65 feet. I tried it at that distance. Didn't work.
That result is recent. As of today.
Measure the distance more accurately.
As David G. said, 100 meters on a Cat 6 cable.
That has been my most reliable solution.
Buried underground in conduit.
Then again, you did mention cheap and easy.
Buried Cat 6 and conduit are neither of those.
But, I haven't tried them recently, as in, the last 15 years.
They might be much better now.
WiFi is not going to cut it through that metal siding.
Even at 65 feet. I tried it at that distance. Didn't work.
That result is recent. As of today.
Measure the distance more accurately.
As David G. said, 100 meters on a Cat 6 cable.
That has been my most reliable solution.
Buried underground in conduit.
Then again, you did mention cheap and easy.
Buried Cat 6 and conduit are neither of those.
I work with this in the industrial environment, we have strict guidelines on what connect with what, hard for me to do it cheaply. The "correct" method to connect between buildings is via fiber optics, that way ground potential makes no difference. The computer gear does not seem to handle these electrical spikes very well.
I need to connect my shop, might knife in a fiber one of these days, but it has been there 8 years without any connection.
I need to connect my shop, might knife in a fiber one of these days, but it has been there 8 years without any connection.
As a network engineer, that's the way I would do it at work too.
But I don't pay the bills there.
My Cat 6 has been buried for 12 years now without issue.
Mine's not carrying PII data or time sensitive transactions.
Mostly it streams music and lets me look up tractor manuals.
It works for me.
onefarmer
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- 6735 S Lowell Rd, St Johns, Mi 48879
I can get wifi outside my shed but not inside due to the steel. I got a usb extended range highpower wifi adapter for my computer and it has a magnetic base. I put it on the steel outside and used a usb extension to run inside and plug into my computer
OP
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TJ in KY
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Thanks for all the ideas, and quick responses. I am leaning toward the powerline extender but I have a question for David G.. The house and the barn are on the same transformer. The transformer is at the street and feeds a meter pole where one drop goes to the house (underground) and the other goes to the barn (aerial) The meter just measures the current at the top of the pole so I am assuming these will work. Do you have any recommendations on brand or style?
rustyfarmall
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As long as the house and the barn are on the same meter, it should work, but I'm not sure about the 350 feet. I am using that technology to extend the Wi-Fi from my house to the shop. It is about 80 feet from the house to the meter, and then another 80 feet from the meter to the shop, where I have a second Wi-Fi router. It works very well. I got all the stuff from Amazon.
OldFarmTractor
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I was a member of a club with individuals who loved to spend money. And of course there might always be a kickback.
We wanted to extend wifi to the caretaker's house. One talk was directional boring and of course we had to pay in cash! I thought we should
consider directional antennas. So I do some checking. WokFI is one term for it. I set up an old satellite dish with an USB network device.
It picked up a signal from 450 like I was next to the hub in the clubhouse.
Check out WokFI or Cantenna. Both will send you on some fun journeys.
We wanted to extend wifi to the caretaker's house. One talk was directional boring and of course we had to pay in cash! I thought we should
consider directional antennas. So I do some checking. WokFI is one term for it. I set up an old satellite dish with an USB network device.
It picked up a signal from 450 like I was next to the hub in the clubhouse.
Check out WokFI or Cantenna. Both will send you on some fun journeys.
rustyfarmall
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TP-Link is what I am using. Your shop needs to be on the same METER as the house. If the shop is on a seperate meter, it won't work, even though the 2 are on the same transformer.
Fred Werring
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+1 on the Nano's
I've only got one nano on the house pointing towards the shop. (about 300' away)
My puter there is set up in the corner of the shop closest to the house, so it works, don't get much wifi in the
back corner.
Don't know how fast it is, use it for YTmag, google, etc., not a bunch of hi-def streaming, it works for me.
Fred
I've only got one nano on the house pointing towards the shop. (about 300' away)
My puter there is set up in the corner of the shop closest to the house, so it works, don't get much wifi in the
back corner.
Don't know how fast it is, use it for YTmag, google, etc., not a bunch of hi-def streaming, it works for me.
Fred
rustyfarmall
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My shop is 36'x60'. Wi-Fi router is at one end. I get excellent signal at the far corner.
I ran an eather net wire to my house from the shop buried it in conduit,hooked into a router and it sends wireless though out the house, it works great,,I tryed different boosters to send the single wireless and wasted my money, I was told you can go up to about 400 ft doing it this way, my house is about 300ft. It was simple and easy.
Steve in VA
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- Location
- Natural Bridge Virginia
If you get decent cell service, you could use the phone as a mobile hotspot and link to that. that's how I do it at the farm. It just draws the phone battery fast so plug it in.
Mark - IN.
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The maximum suggested length of an Ethernet cable is 300' and that includes CAT5E. However, there is Gigaspeed, but a little pricey as cable goes. There used to be a wireless system called "Canopy" which I understand is owned by Motorola. We used to use it at the Joliet NASCAR track when I did the phones there. There were areas that it just didn't pay to run cables for internet access and VOIP telephones, so what we did was install Canopy transmit antennas on top of the highest point of the grandstand tower, about six or ten and point them out various directions to receive antennas...they were line of site so you had to play with them a little to get the best signal. Both ends plugged into an Ethernet switch, and you can get 5 port unmanaged Netgear Ethernet switches for nothing at Best Buy or wherever. Plug one end into your internet source, the other inside your barn into your WiFi Access Point and away you go. I would be willing to bet that you could pickup a Canopy transmitter/receiver pair and their Power Over Ethernet or something similar on EBAY or something like that to get your signal between your house and metal barn for cheaper than someone might guess. Anyway, seems like a good idea. Much good luck.
Mark
Mark
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