Out building Wifi extension non-wired

washo

washo

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I have a new outside office that I need to get network connectivity to, around 15 meters from main building. The office is fully powered, however I cannot run Ethernet to it due to logistics.

First thought was to use Devolo powerline adapters, however this would pass through 3 consumer units. Tech support have said this will work as on same electric meter, however could not confirm the loss in speed but advised it could be bad.

Wi-Fi in main building is flaky and I can just about get a signal in the outside office - so I am going to start again and install a UAP-AC-PRO (1 to start with) to improve this side of things in the main building.

What would you suggest to improve the connection to the outside office as any AP will not be Ethernet wired? Is a repeater possible? First time of using Ubiquiti equipment.

Thanks
 
That's great, thanks for the recommendations.

I want to install the UAP-AC-Pro regardless, so would I still need 2 nanostations if signal strength is still too low? Not seen them before reading a few postings earlier so not sure how they work.
 
Thanks guys. Great advice. Unfortunately 4G is as bad in my area so not an option.

2 Pro's being delivered tomorrow so fingers crossed. Very exciting and even the wife shared in my enthusiasm with a roll of the eyes!

If not strong enough signal then will invest in the Nanostations as well. Would you be able to say what model I would need? The distance is only 15/20 meters max.
 
Router is currently BT Homehub6 (installed for better Wi-Fi but not so).
Have a few TP-Link TL-WA801ND APs scattered about and a BT wifi extender.

Also have an unopened Netgear Nighthawk R7000 and DrayTek 2832n. Not sure if anything would be better to coexist with the UAP-AC-PROs...
 
dmsims;30486985 said:
Do you have lead lined walls ?

I have a single Asus in a 3 floor detached stone walled (18in) house - no problems anywhere
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I know :) walls look pretty standard but just always had wifi connectivity issues dropping in and out. I cannot work it out hence all the equipment tried over the years.



Regarding the R7000 - was never sure what modem to use.
 
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