I've got a family member who needs some help with their WiFi setup. They live out in the country and the only decent Internet available is from a local WISP at 6 MB down. They're fine with that service, but they now have a family member living in a travel trailer in a barn about 100 feet from the main house. The barn is covered on 3 sides by corrugated metal and the open side of the barn does not face the house (where the Internet comes in). Given the metal sheeting on the barn, I think they need 2 point-to-point antennas talking?
For various reasons, they don't want to run a hard line to the barn and want instead to do something wireless. I'm assuming what we're looking for is a little point-to-point system. I'm looking for some help on the components that they'll need, but my first take is that they'll need something like this:
Modem -- > Main router -> CAT5/6 -->PoE Directional Antenna (exterior of house) --> PoE Directional Antenna (Exterior of barn) --> Cat5/6 (poked through the exterior wall) --> Cisco/Linksys router (existing, configured as an AP) --> WiFi (2.4/5 ghz) --> Trailer devices (laptop, cell phone)
They won't be doing any local large network traffic between the travel trailer and the house. Given the painfully slow Internet service, 2.4 vs. 5 ghz probably doesn't matter.
Suggestions on setup and equipment?
For various reasons, they don't want to run a hard line to the barn and want instead to do something wireless. I'm assuming what we're looking for is a little point-to-point system. I'm looking for some help on the components that they'll need, but my first take is that they'll need something like this:
Modem -- > Main router -> CAT5/6 -->PoE Directional Antenna (exterior of house) --> PoE Directional Antenna (Exterior of barn) --> Cat5/6 (poked through the exterior wall) --> Cisco/Linksys router (existing, configured as an AP) --> WiFi (2.4/5 ghz) --> Trailer devices (laptop, cell phone)
They won't be doing any local large network traffic between the travel trailer and the house. Given the painfully slow Internet service, 2.4 vs. 5 ghz probably doesn't matter.
Suggestions on setup and equipment?
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