wireless that will transmit 40m and through walls

builder22 · 14 Mar 2010 at 09:45

is there any equipent that will do this

what it's for is to put a camera in a shed (bout 30m from house), the house has brick and stone walls and the shed is made of tin/wood, want to transmit the camera to the house

recently bought a wireless baby monitor as it claimed to transmit up to 100m, but it doesnt work in the shed so that distance is without obstructions i think

can anyone reccomend a solution for me ? Ideally I'd like to be able to view the camera using a laptop and the wireless router so it can be moved around the house

builder22 · 14 Mar 2010 at 10:40

the wired IP cameras plug straight in to the router yes ?

then it would be viewable on any computer connected to the router wired or wireless ?

quite a lot of work running a cable though, there must be some wireless tech that is powerful enough?, even if it's expensive it might be less expensive than the work needed to run a cable safely

builder22 · 14 Mar 2010 at 10:43

z0mbi3 said:
Get a wireless repeater and put it as close to the shed, but inside the house, as you can. An N one might do the trick. If that doesn't do it buy a cantenna and fix that to the repeater.

will this make the baby monitor work?.... or would i need to buy a wireless ip camera?

builder22 · 14 Mar 2010 at 19:25

how does the wireless repeater not extend the range of the baby monitor as it works on 2.4ghz too, from what I have read

not doubting you here, just like to know these things!

another thing...the router I have just now is a linksys WAG354G, it was cheap yearsss ago, is that likely to hold things back ?

builder22 · 15 Mar 2010 at 20:21

back to the baby monitor again im afraid :d....

the camera has a small aerial attatched to it....the baby monitor system works if the camera is outside the shed, but stops working when u take it inside.

I have found wireless systems that claim to work from inside metal sheds but they use a transmitter that has to be placed outside the shed

think it would be possible to extend the antenna on the baby monitor camera so it can be placed outside ?
I take it the antenna is just a bit of metal in a plastic casing ??
would something as simple as wrapping wire round the antenna and leading outside maybe work ?

cant take the baby monitor back now as it was bought ages ago so maybe worth trying some DIY on it ?