Options for internet in building 150m away

topdecko

hi there, wonder if i could get some help as head melted looking at options.

My sister has 90mbps in her house on main road. Parents live 150m away from her on side road and have direct view of her house. Their internet is shocking in parents and i need for work when i stay with them and we have limited options in the sticks. I have set up a deco mesh wifi system in sisters house and am getting 28mbps in the garage. My questions is whether i can run ethernet cable from the Deco in her her garage to my parents house as i understand that over 100metres the quality deteriorates. if i put POE+ ethernet switch will that solve the problem?

This will be run through a field but will be in between fencing so shouldn't get eaten etc

Is a wifi antenna bridge worth investing in - do they actually work. What best option then for broadcast signal once reaches parent s house - can i just use TP link wifi extender. Have used TP link AC750 in own house and works well. at moment getting 0.5 - 1mbps in parents so anything would be better than that

thanks for any advice

The Continental Op

I use a WiFi bridge for more than twice that distance and it works very will cost would be fairly high.

Two of these do the job and I get 60Mbps internet over the link at 400m which is the same as plugging into the ISP's router. Amazon often has them a lot cheaper but can't see then atm I paid about €100 each for them.

You will get away with runs over 100meters but you may find it slow due to packet loss. With a Power over Ethernet switch you can double up on the 100m. Cheap PoE switch https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-SF1005P-Ethernet-Configuration-Required/dp/B076982FVC/ PoE Extender https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cudy-POE15-Waterproof-Extender，IP67-Wall-Mount/dp/B085S1R5NX/

Cuddlesworth

What's your budget? Is your sister willing to share her broadband because it could have some effect on her household. It might help if they split her bill since i'd assume that dropping the second broadband connection would save money in the long term.

Regardless, a wireless bridge outside each house pointed directly at each other, with cable run back into the broadband modem in the sisters and a cable run into a wifi router in the parents would be fine for use. It's 90mbps broadband, you don't need to go nuts on it.

Glaceon

If you were doing this with a physical cable it would have to be fibre. Don't do it with copper for two reasons:

1- Ethernet is only supported up to 100 metres.

2- Having a physical electrical connection between two separate electrical supplies is potentially a safety hazard.

But in your case with those speeds, a wireless link would be perfectly fine.

topdecko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120107600#Comment_120107600

trying to do it for cheap as i can really. the issue is that sister will let me run it off the the deco mesh router in the shed. Doesn' t want more wires coming into house and so i will be connecting / taking their internet from one of the mesh wifi points rather than the broadband modem itself. in this scenario will the wifi bridge work. my parents have basically no internet at moment and anything should be an improvement.

thanks for replies

smuggler.ie

These two models perhaps are more up to date and , despite current feed is only 90Mbps, they do have benefit of 1000Mbps port vs 100Mbps on M5 nano station, for future improvement. Price seam to be competitive as well.

BTW, 90Mbps is quite "nice figure", is this actual max internet speed that provided by ISP or the limitation is on hardware side (LAN support of up to 100 only)?

https://cpcireland.farnell.com/tp-link/cpe710/5ghz-ac867-23dbi-outdoor-cpe/dp/CS33660

https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/outdoor-radio/cpe710/#overview

https://www.senetic.ie/product-lbe-5ac-gen2/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjamFsMDH_AIVD5ftCh0itwLvEAQYAiABEgKLE_D_BwE#product.info.main.specification

https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/LiteBeam/LiteBeam_AC_Gen2_DS.pdf

Note: shops linked are just sample, i had no business with them

smuggler.ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120107788#Comment_120107788

Bridge units require cable connection(one, for network and power) - does mesh unit have available LAN port? Should work then

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120107788#Comment_120107788

Then just run a half a box of cable and see how you get on. If that fails give a PoE extender a try.

Just make sure you use COPPER cable something like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Premium-External-COPPER-Network-Outdoor/dp/B01GGJ9NSI/ should be OK. CCA Copper Clad Aluminium cable isn't as good and may not be any good if you need to try the PoE option.

The down side is you might fail completely and still need to go wireless.

topdecko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120108676#Comment_120108676

Yeah DEco has 2 ethernet ports on the side. will give it a lash anyway and see if works. cheers