Outside wireless hardware?

goldy6660 · 5 Jun 2020 at 20:26

Hi folks,

My father in law wants to be able to get WiFi outside currently loses signal if he walks a few meters away from the patio. Is there anything out there that could go on a mast outside as an ariel and the box inside or just a router outside? Had a Google and can't find much.

Thanks in advance

goldy6660 · 5 Jun 2020 at 20:50

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Depends how far he wants it to reach
If he doesn't want it to cover a whole garden
Then something as cheap and simple as a WiFi extender/repeater in the plug closest to the rear of the property might
Be fine
Anything on a mast is going to cost a lot
More and may be overkill for what is needed

Thanks for replying. Yeah his garden is probably a bit bigger than most, (house is in a 1acre plot and he wants signal up to 50m from the house) had suggested a extender but not overly sure on the range of them, shall take a proper look and suggest again. Thanks

goldy6660 · 7 Jun 2020 at 09:46

Thanks guys gone with one of these. Shall let you know how we get on.

BigT said:
If you can run an Ethernet cable from his router to a pole outdoors then what he wants is an outdoor or Weather proof access point. This is an example of what he wants but there’s plenty of other options: https://www.ui.com/unifi/unifi-ap-outdoor/

goldy6660 · 7 Jun 2020 at 11:33

I'll find out the brand and model he went for but similar concept and the one he's gone for is the dual model with both 2.4 and 5ghz. He's mainly using phones and probably a laptop on the network should be ok.