A Wifi Brain Pickle

MrQuinn

MrQuinn

MrQuinn

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Hello folks. Hopefully, I make this clear, but I am at my wit's end with it all.
I have tried asking different places but seemed to get little to no response.

Been having a real issue for a long time now with WiFi down to the cattle shed. The shed is about 100 meters from the house.

On the old internet, it worked. Plugged in a range extender to the WiFi router. Put the booster pack down in the shed. (Devolo brand) was able to connect and watch the cameras.

Something changed and it stopped working so had to buy a Wavlink outdoor range extender. Again this worked great for a time until the new internet was installed.

New router is WiFi 6 or mesh system. Or so I have been told. Using eero boosters and routers. Got the SSID changed on the Wavlink. But the single is now trash. Dropping out or never connecting and running half the time now.

Running lorex and reolink cameras. Both sometimes work but then the connection drops out. Or doesn't work at all. Bought a 75 meter cable to move the Wavlink booster closer to the house (about half way) and connected another booster via lan to the adapter. I get strong signal in the shed but the cameras do not stay connected.

My father is now sceptical to spend any more money on the system or set up as anything I have tried is failing to work.

I am stumped why this isn't working, when it clearly worked before, despite the internet company saying it shouldn't. It's very frustrating and I have no clue what I am doing. I have photos of my devices etc if that helps.

Running a cable underground is not an option.

Thank you.
 
visibleman said:
What's the exact Wavlink product you've got (post model number if possible)?
It's possible worth looking to see if you're able to separate your WiFi bands, into 2.4/5GHz etc, or creating a separate 2.4GHz SSID/WiFi network, and getting your cameras to connect to that. My folks Reolink camera didn't like being on 5GHz and became stable when it connected to a 2.4GHz (only) WiFi network.

Arguably, if you have line of sight then a better solution would be to deploy a Point-to-Point (PtP) wireless bridge, something like 'Mikrotik Wireless Wire', connected to your router and then run a wireless access point (from the PtP) within the cowshed for WiFi devices.

NB - This might be better off in the 'Networks & Internet Connectivity' sub-forum.
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Wavlink AC600 Wireless Outdoor (linked)​

 
godinman said:
I install CCTV for a living, in this case we would use a point to point wireless link, you need line of sight but you'll get a solid connection. As your cameras are WiFi you'd need a WiFi access point inside the shed.

So it would be a cable from router to outside the house, connected to the house end of the radio link, then in the shed a cable from the radio link to an internal WiFi point, obviously requiring a mains power supply.

Only thing I would say is WiFi cameras are generally quite crap, do the cameras have an ethernet socket? If so, install a network switch at the shed and wire them into it, along with the radio link.

Hit me up any questions.
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Ok, so I need another device then essentially? Even if the Wavlink can be put into repeater, AP?

No I dont think they do have eth ports. I can double check.
The cameras are for quick access to check on cows coming up to the calf.
 
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