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The outside mounting options for the AC-Pro are very limited. To quote the quick start guide:
Wireless / internet in garage help
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Depends on the requirements. For general usage almost anything with a WiFi radio will work, just plug it in like a switch. Integrated units start at about £15 (e.g. the Asus RT-N12E).
Mid range access points are many from all the big brands (TP-Link, D-Link, Zyxel, Linksys, Asus, Netgear...). £30-75.
At the premium end (£75+) are Cisco and Ubiquiti, plus the manufacturers mentioned above. Unless he's doing some major file transfers I wouldn't spend this much money.
Edit: also you might actually not want something with too much range - might make clients stick to it when they're inside the house!
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You want a reel of external grade solid core UTP Cat5e or Cat6 such as http://www.netstoredirect.com/cat5e...-sheath.html?gclid=CJC44_Sn79ECFc-_7Qod200I6Q or http://www.netstoredirect.com/cat6-cable/22-excel-cat6-utp-external-cable-ldpe-outer-sheath.html.
If you look around you'll be able to finder shorter lengths.
Whatever you buy make sure it's solid copper and not copper clad aluminium (CCA).
If you look around you'll be able to finder shorter lengths.
Whatever you buy make sure it's solid copper and not copper clad aluminium (CCA).
^ Not very helpful - are you suggesting koolpc terminates the cable himself?
110 ft is about 30 m, I would grab a 30 m run ready made, search ebay for something like "30m external cat5e", some good looking cables on there for around £10. (Longer is fine if you want to play it safe, up to about 100 m.)
110 ft is about 30 m, I would grab a 30 m run ready made, search ebay for something like "30m external cat5e", some good looking cables on there for around £10. (Longer is fine if you want to play it safe, up to about 100 m.)
Awesome as i would not want to terminate the cable. If i had to i would give it a go though but much prefer ready made cable.
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If you're going to use a terminated cable you'll need to be drilling much larger holes to get the cable out of the house and into the garage.
Terminating cable to faceplates is a trivial job that just requires a Krone tool, and they aren't expensive.
Terminating cable to faceplates is a trivial job that just requires a Krone tool, and they aren't expensive.
I can get wifi at the back of my garden and in my garage. it is about 65ft with a lot of solid walls in the middle as the router is at the front of the house.
are you lot sure that Wifi won't reach? my wifi is provided by TP Link VR900. I have not tested speed tho. Also I run a 40MHz width on 2.4Ghz and same on 5Ghz, so I can get a bit more range if i go down to 20MHz. which I have tested for range, and i can get link about 5-6 houses down the road. low sync speed tho.
are you lot sure that Wifi won't reach? my wifi is provided by TP Link VR900. I have not tested speed tho. Also I run a 40MHz width on 2.4Ghz and same on 5Ghz, so I can get a bit more range if i go down to 20MHz. which I have tested for range, and i can get link about 5-6 houses down the road. low sync speed tho.
Off topic... but do you live in a fairly isolated place? 40 MHz width on the 2.4 GHz means you'll be interfering with most of the neighbours as there are only 2 non overlapping 40 channels (3 & 11). You might find 20 makes up in reduced interference what it loses in width.
The only time 40 MHz makes sense on 2.4 IMO is in the middle of nowhere, or a big space like a warehouse, etc.
fairly congested actually. I have over 11 different bands on 2.4Ghz. my channels are 4 & 9 as that gives me the best non-overlapping with the rest of the neighbours. I have 2 lots of 2.4GHz one for my stuff and one on a guest wifi off a separate wireless interface. my neighbours are mostly on 3 & 11 as noted. I used my phone as a wifi analyser to determine the best channel and channel width.
40Mhz is just to give me a bit of bandwidth boost in the house, I am not really concerned with range as all my wifi need is within the house. I get pretty decent coverage at 40Mhz throughout already.
Whatever works for you, but 4 and 9 actually overlap quite a lot with 40 MHz width. If 4 is the centre then it actually means 2-6 are being taken up, and 9 means 7-11, so you've got quite a bit of overlap in the middle where you're interfering with yourself (oo er) not to mention the neighbours as you're covering almost the whole spectrum.
Wiki has some good diagrams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
Just FYI and for others curious about this. Basically 40 MHz isn't appropriate for the 2.4 GHz band because one beacon swamps nearly half the spectrum.
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Use the free Acrylic Wifi Home on a windows box with wifi adapter and you will see how much overlap and interference you have, you can then pick a better channel.
https://www.acrylicwifi.com
Agreed on the 40MHz, its not recommended for residential now as pretty much every house has wifi.
https://www.acrylicwifi.com
Agreed on the 40MHz, its not recommended for residential now as pretty much every house has wifi.
ya, that's what I can see on the spectrum as well. But it works ok for me. May have a look if the performance is better with 20MHz now you mentioned it
