Outdoor Access Point (30 meters?)

oliver2601 · 29 Mar 2020 at 14:29

Hi,

Looking for recommendations on improving my home wifi setup.

We currently have a BT home hub at "point 0" which serves the home. I was already considering getting internet through to the workshop (~20 meters away) anyway however have purchased some Blink cameras for security, so it's now necessary. It would be advantageous if the second access point would broadcast outdoors another 25 meters.

I had been thinking about routing a cat6 cable down from the house however this is a lot more work compared to installing a repeater.

The home and workshop have thick stone walls, so I think I need an outdoor access point on the side of our house and another repeater outside the workshop....

How would you tackle this?

Thanks

oliver2601 · 29 Mar 2020 at 14:55

Just found this video on youtube of a EAP225 outdoor transmitting 90m+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RlgahidU3A&t=1206s

Think one of these on our house would be sufficient?

Caged · 29 Mar 2020 at 17:45

A UniFi Mesh on the house, workshop (bottom right corner) and on the third building. UniFi Mesh Pro if the budget allows.

You don't have to do everything at once either, chuck a Mesh Pro on the house and see what the results are like, you can always add additional ones.

WJA96 · 29 Mar 2020 at 19:56

Mikrotik Wireless Wire is specifically for this purpose.

https://mikrotik.com/product/wireless_wire

Duke · 29 Mar 2020 at 20:27

WJA96 said:
Mikrotik Wireless Wire is specifically for this purpose.

https://mikrotik.com/product/wireless_wire

Good find that & not overly expensive either.

oliver2601 · 29 Mar 2020 at 22:01

Cheers lads.

I've also spied the CPE210 which claims up to 5km range??? Granted these units have a narrow broadcast 'beam' of 65 degrees, that fits my specification well. That would be £40 all in..

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/business-networking/outdoor-radio/cpe210/

I have no experience of these types of devices. Some are 5ghz only however need 2.4ghz since that's what the cameras are.

WJA96 · 29 Mar 2020 at 22:17

The Mikrotiks I linked are link devices, not access points. The TP-Links can run as access points but they can’t be links and access points at the same time. The idea is that you use the Mikrotik links instead of a cable and you get a full 1Gbps link that you can plug the camera and a switch or second access point into.

oliver2601 · 30 Mar 2020 at 13:22

Caged said:
A UniFi Mesh on the house, workshop (bottom right corner) and on the third building. UniFi Mesh Pro if the budget allows.

You don't have to do everything at once either, chuck a Mesh Pro on the house and see what the results are like, you can always add additional ones.

Cheers. I think the Mesh Pro fits the bill best as I'm correct in saying there is nothing further required than connecting them up?

rah^ · 30 Mar 2020 at 22:21

I have some of the Ubiquiti nanostations m5 loco ones, £40ish each and do a decent distance (far more than you need)