Wifi for Cabin in Garden

Ray1964

I can't get Wifi in a cabin that is beside the house. I can get a signal all the way to the door but no further. Is there a way to boost the signal or what can be done?

Regards,

Ray.

Truebill

Hi Ray1964,

If there's power in the garden you can use Homeplug extender to give hard-wire or wi-fi coverage for the cabin (as long as its on the same fuse board as the house).
If not, you'll probably be best to run a Cat5 cable to the cabin and add a network access point to the end of the cable.
There are wireless extenders available, but they lose wifi signal quite badly depending on how far away you place them from the main router, then they just extend the poor signal they've received.

Hope this helps.

T

Ray1964

Truebill wrote: »

Hi Ray1964,

If there's power in the garden you can use Homeplug extender to give hard-wire or wi-fi coverage for the cabin (as long as its on the same fuse board as the house).
If not, you'll probably be best to run a Cat5 cable to the cabin and add a network access point to the end of the cable.
There are wireless extenders available, but they lose wifi signal quite badly depending on how far away you place them from the main router, then they just extend the poor signal they've received.

Hope this helps.

T

Yes the cabin is connected to the main house's power supply. Do you know where I will get a Homeplug extender?

Truebill

You can pick them up from any electrical retailer - DID / Powercity / Expert etc.
Failing that, I think Argos have them too. Easiest one to install is probably the TP Link, costs about €65.

tphase

Aldi have them for E25, not sure how good they are though

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/hurry-while-stocks-last/

ThisRegard

You probably have a limited amount of power points in the cabin, you might be better looking at one with a pass through socked on it so you don't lose your point.

dalta5billion

tphase wrote: »

Aldi have them for E25, not sure how good they are though

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/hurry-while-stocks-last/

Fairly sure that's a WiFi repeater, not a HomePlug.

HomePlugs use your electrical wiring like a wired cable between two sockets

Ray1964

I bought one in Powercity for €55 and it has worked perfectly. Many thanks for your recommendations.

Regards,

Ray.

antodeco

I have a full log cabin in my back. I used the homeplugs and then connected these to a router. The speed wasn't great, as I have a 21m power cable running under the garden, but it works!