Internet Using Wireless Into Another Building

airbusA346

airbusA346

airbusA346

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Hi,

I have just been given the task to share our internet connection (business) with the cafe next door so they can connect their CCTV system (Swann) to the internet, so they've got access to it over the internet.

They have tried to get BT to put a phone line in for them but the engineer wouldn't do it, because they would have to dig some trenches and for some reason the landlord never did it.

The cafe is 5-6 metres away (wall to wall)

I've found a Ubiquiti WiFi Point-To-Point PtP Link Kit for £92, but they want to do it as cheap as possible. And thinking about it, the receiver side would probably need to be on a rather tall poll because a truck is sometimes parked between the two buildings so I'm guessing it would block the signal.

Is it possible to link a wireless router in the cafe to our wireless network?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks
 
They aren't willing to spend £92 on the job?

Does the existing wireless signal make it to the cafe?

A picture of the location or a diagram would help.

Personally I wouldn't want another business sharing the connection unless you can properly isolate them.
 
bremen1874 said:
They aren't willing to spend £92 on the job?

Does the existing wireless signal make it to the cafe?

A picture of the location or a diagram would help.

Personally I wouldn't want another business sharing the connection unless you can properly isolate them.
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I don't think they've said no to the £92 kit, but want to know if it can be done cheaper.

I think it does, but don't know the strength. I don't go over there because I don't want to eat the grease covered stuff they sell. Even the CCTV DVR I've been given which looks new is covered in a fine layer of grease.

No Image... The cafe is a wooden portacabin, our unit is a two storey brick and metal clad building.

I personally wouldn't want to be doing it either and think they should be speaking to the landlord asking them for assistance to install a phone line.

The more I think about it, the more it sounds like a pain in the **** to set up and maintain, especially when it'll end up my problem to fix etc.
 
Cheapest way will be to dig a shallow trench, lay an Ethernet cable in some suitable waterproof trunking between the buildings, stick one end in your router and on the other end in the cafe put a cheap £30 wireless access point. 10m of cable will set you back very little.
 
airbusA346 said:
The more I think about it, the more it sounds like a pain in the **** to set up and maintain, especially when it'll end up my problem to fix etc.
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Yes, don't make this your problem. Unless you have a way to totally isolate some Chinese DVR I wouldn't want it on a network with anything important.
 
would that not hammer your wireless to the point its unusable and even if wired severely hammer your connection ? its 4k uhd cameras so would need lots of bandwidth ? would they add other devices? its a security risk to your network.
tell em to bugger off its more hassle than its worth.
 
BigT said:
Cheapest way will be to dig a shallow trench, lay an Ethernet cable in some suitable waterproof trunking between the buildings, stick one end in your router and on the other end in the cafe put a cheap £30 wireless access point. 10m of cable will set you back very little.
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You shouldn’t run copper between 2 separate buildings if they have different electrical feeds. Fibre is fine (non conductive) but cat5 is generally a nono.
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
Whats wrong wiht a run of ethernet?
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If you use copper you connect the mains earth of the two buildings together. Differences between the earths can cause unwanted current to flow through the cable causing transmission errors and even equipment damage.

I'd risk it at home connecting out to a detached garage/shed/summer house. I wouldn't do it commercially because I'm aware that there could be an issue (minor or not) and it's so easy to avoid.
 
airbusA346 said:
They have tried to get BT to put a phone line in for them but the engineer wouldn't do it, because they would have to dig some trenches and for some reason the landlord never did it.
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I don't think they've tried all that hard, more like the engineer wouldn't do it because they wouldn't pay for the trench to be dug
 
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