Transmitting wifi signal

MuddyDog

The house down the road is using imagine lte broadband. It's about 500metres away but no line of sight directly (it's down in a little dip). Is there anyway their internet can be sent up to our house wirelessly using some form of transmitter? If so, what hardware would I need and how would it work exactly?

srsly78

You would need some radio link hardware, and a lot of skill to set it up. No line of sight makes it more difficult, may need to put a repeater somewhere.

exaisle

You can use a WRT54G router flashed with DD-WRT...(or even two of them).
You might need an antenna too, but have a look in the FAQ section here:

https://www.dd-wrt.com/

TheChizler

Couple of these would do the job if you can get a line of sight on a chimney or something.

https://www.ubnt.com/airmax/nanostationm/

MuddyDog

thanks lads. Would it be possible to run an ethernet cable from their routet 500m up the land to my house and into a routet here?

srsly78

Yeah but no but yeah. Easier with wireless. Each ethernet segment is limited to 100m, would need loads of repeaters.

MuddyDog

Hmm cable would be running across a field though where there wouldn't be power though.....

TheChizler

If you have to go with cable running through a field you should really go with fibre for practical, reliability and safety reasons. The fibre and the equipment would be cheaper than equivalent copper, but the expensive part is getting someone out to terminate the ends. Maybe you can get 500 m preterminated fibre? Then you have to worry about laying it, duct underground or just get outdoor grade fibre and tack it to a fence?

Overall much cheaper and practical to go wireless IMO.