Creating Wireless Access Point in Outbuilding

dredgos · 10 Nov 2020 at 13:05

Hi,

I am looking at establishing a connection in the garage, there is already a conduit running power out there now so installing a cable should be fairly straightforwards. It will just be a cable which runs from the router, into a faceplate connection which will then run down the conduit out to the garage.

Once the cable is installed I would like to be able to have a single wired connection but also a wifi network available out there. I dont really want to spend a fortune as the garage space isn't huge, but I am just not sure what type of networking device I need in the garage to achieve this and how best to get it setup?

Thanks

WJA96 · 10 Nov 2020 at 14:53

Best case scenario - run 2 cables one for the wireless access point and one for the wired connection.

If you only have one cable space in your conduit then something with a UniFi UAP-IW or UAP-IW HD gives you 2 or 4 RJ45 ports and a wireless access point off one cable.

dredgos · 10 Nov 2020 at 15:14

Thats something I hadnt thought of running both - if i was to plug in something similar to a Netgear AC2000 in the garage then this would achieve my WiFi needs?

WJA96 · 10 Nov 2020 at 15:17

dredgos said:
Thats something I hadnt thought of running both - if i was to plug in something similar to a Netgear AC2000 in the garage then this would achieve my WiFi needs?

Probably. It’s not a device I’m very familiar with.

alexakasloth · 10 Nov 2020 at 15:23

dredgos said:
Thats something I hadnt thought of running both - if i was to plug in something similar to a Netgear AC2000 in the garage then this would achieve my WiFi needs?

I have the ex7000 (nighthawk 1900) and it works quite well for the same needs as an access point and switch.