How do I get Wifi out in the barn?
Reply
0
0
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 5,718
Total Cats: 830
From: Detroit (the part with no rules or laws)
^ Same company I was going to link to.
It's overkill for your application, but we use their AirGrid devices to link multiple buildings together. You could put up a pair of those, and then a local WAP in the barn. They are insanely cheap:
Amazon.com: AirGrid M5-HP 23dBi Grid 5GHz CPE 24vdc POE 300mW: Computers & Accessories
A spare one I have in the office:
[IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=135601&stc=1&d=1426513 004[IMG]
It's overkill for your application, but we use their AirGrid devices to link multiple buildings together. You could put up a pair of those, and then a local WAP in the barn. They are insanely cheap:
Amazon.com: AirGrid M5-HP 23dBi Grid 5GHz CPE 24vdc POE 300mW: Computers & Accessories
A spare one I have in the office:
[IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=135601&stc=1&d=1426513 004[IMG]
How do these do in a high interference area? Is it bothered by a lot of electrical noise?
Reply
0
0
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 34,402
Total Cats: 7,523
From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
I've never tried connecting my phone to one of them, but I *think* that the AirGrid devices are communicating with each other via a signal which is not compatible with standard 802.11 WiFi. In other words, they're not WiFi access points, they're dedicated ethernet extenders.
Again, I could be wrong, but I don't remember seeing anything in their software config which led me to believe that you could connect directly to one with a phone.
No idea, never looked into it.
We use them in midtown Manhattan, which is about the noisiest RF environment you can imagine short of an area that is, at that exact moment, having a nuclear weapon detonated above it.
Again, I could be wrong, but I don't remember seeing anything in their software config which led me to believe that you could connect directly to one with a phone.
No idea, never looked into it.
We use them in midtown Manhattan, which is about the noisiest RF environment you can imagine short of an area that is, at that exact moment, having a nuclear weapon detonated above it.
Reply
0
0
Reply
0
0
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,278
Total Cats: 37
From: Brisbane, Australia
If you do decide to run something in a trench I'd recommend going fiber with a couple of cheap switches that have SFP ports in them at each end. Then you don't have to worry about ground differential issues or lightning etc.
Reply
0
0
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
