Wi Fi Booster

MH49 · May 2, 2016

Has anybody had any luck with using these to boost signal into their pole building? I would love to have internet access in shop for music and technical reference but it is around 220 ft from the house and Wi Fi from the router is spotty at best. My fear is that once I get the walls and insulation up on the inside of what is essentially a big metal box , it will do me no good.

WyoDave · May 2, 2016

I wanted internet in my shop, but with a metal roof on the house and two metal walls on the shop, both exterior and interior walls, my internet service provider said I'd be better off hard wiring it. Glad I did. Works great. I'll bet for 100 bucks you can get 250' of 1/2" pvc conduit and a premade 250' cat5 cable. Don't have to bury it overly deep. Just my thoughts.

David

RayP(MI) · May 2, 2016

We had a similar issue. Barn to house is 100 yards. We finally ran fiber optic cable. House and barn both have own Wi-Fi unit, own address.

Fred Werring · May 2, 2016

I'm in your situation.

250 ft to the shop. Metal walls inside and out

Ubiquiti NanoStation locoM2 2.4GHz Indoor/Outdoor airMax 8dBi

Mounted it on the corner of my house facing towards the shop.

The corner of the shop closest to the house is where my puter is set up there, using an inexpensive USB wifi antenna on the puter.

Here's an article I read/used when I set mine up, and the link below is the Nanostation on Amazon

https://www.telcoantennas.com.au/site/how-extend-wifi-coverage-using-ubiquiti-nanostation

Been working for me for about 2-1/2 years now

Fred
Nanostation on Amazon

Dean · May 2, 2016

It will not work reliably and probably not at all.

Dean

jjamna · May 2, 2016

I run Wifi in my pole barn. Around 150 to 200 feet. I have a beam antenna mounted on the outside of the barn and the router is in a window of the house facing the barn. All I do is run a computer, nothing else. I get a full strength signal just like it was at the house.

Tiger Joe · May 2, 2016

http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Exten...00L0YLRUW/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

I'd try this for $35 before I dig a ditch. that's my plan anyway to help boost signal in my garage.

souNdguy · May 2, 2016

i think you would be better with one of those wifi over powerline adapters.

I have a range extender on my wifi, but 150' is about the MAX.

BPL / PLC

jjamna · May 2, 2016

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-1800

Link to the antenna. Works like a champ

tomNE · May 2, 2016

mine works great. BUT i have cellphone/internet service from us cellular and i just bought a booster for better cellphone reception.

TomH in PA · May 2, 2016

I second the idea of trying an antenna first, doesn't cost much and will probably do what you want

rustyfarmall · May 2, 2016

If the building is covered in steel, the antennae won't work.

David G · May 2, 2016

Use a power line adapter if you are on same transformer.

crawlerjohn · May 2, 2016

I bought a NETGEAR Wi-Fi range extender WN3000RP at Walmart that I use in my travel trailer at the tractor shows. I hang it in the window and it works fine. If you have a window in your pole barn facing your source it should work ok.
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john *.?-!.* cub owner · May 2, 2016

I have one of these in my shop.

The side antennas provide communication inside the building, and the center one talks to the home unit. I disconnected the center antenna and connected an external antenna mounted on the outside wall. Works great and I have been using it about 4 years.
http://www.amazon.com/Hawking-Techn...amp;qid=1462245454&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2

circus · May 3, 2016

This ideaworks usb directional antenna works great. Only drawback is your computer is always plugged into the wire. But it is full speed unlike the half speed of an extender.
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David G · May 3, 2016

Cat 5 between buildings is a bad idea, good way to bring lightning into buildings, look up ground potential rise.

circus · May 3, 2016

But on mine the wire was 25 ft long, not 25 inches.

rustyfarmall · May 3, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:44:05 05/02/16) Use a power line adapter if you are on same transformer.

Yes. The power-line adapters work very well. A second Wi-Fi unit in the shop, set to the same specs as the Wi-Fi in the house lets me go from the house to the shop, and my smart-phone doesn't know the difference. Found it on Amazon. The least expensive unit they had. Works great.

OldFarmTractor · May 4, 2016

There are quite a few routers that can double as a repeater.

Since I am pretty tight with a buck, I went with the Tenda brand. Two of these, one connected in the house, the second as a repeater in the barn.

The instructions are relatively simple and unless you are a gamer should work well.

Can you part with $24.00?
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