WiFi Extending To The Garage

[RichB]

Morning All,

 

My Mrs's Father is looking to extend his wifi to the garage for some wireless cameras he has. The issue is the garage is 50m outside of the house.

 

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this best? It doesn't need to be the cheapest method but one that will work without me visiting the house to troubleshoot every week.

 

I cannot use power line adapters as the garage is on a different ring main and do not want to use a different wifi network (or mifi devices) as the camera system will not produce output on a the kitchen TV screen for all cameras in the same frame from cameras on different networks.

 

Thanks In Advance

[3s-gtech]

Being on a different ring shouldn't stop powerline from working but it may not be as good. You shouldn't really use copper to take a run across due to any earth potential, so a point to point wireless bridge is another possibility. 50m should be fine. Fibre is best, but installation and equipment will be far pricier.

[mikeprice]

if it is 50m away - I would think the best solution would be to run a cable over to it if it doesn't involvr digging up concrete or anything

[Davit2005]

Pre-Terminated Fibre cable or long Fibre patch cable and a few media transcievers. If you buy Media transceivers make sure they are same speed as port on the camera/switch.

[FN-GM]

Pre-Terminated Fibre cable or long Fibre patch cable and a few media transcievers. If you buy Media transceivers make sure they are same speed as port on the camera/switch.

 

No need for fibre if it is less than 100m away.

[Davit2005]

No need for fibre if it is less than 100m away.

 

Very true. It'd be easier to run copper but I'd run fibre on external connection if it was me own or a friends setup. If i had a secure garage on my own property I'd defo be putting some kit in there :-) .

[FN-GM]

Very true. It'd be easier to run copper but I'd run fibre on external connection if it was me own or a friends setup. If i had a secure garage on my own property I'd defo be putting some kit in there :-) .

 

Why though?

[Davit2005]

Why though?

 

For one if it was me I'd put a cheap switch in the garage and then use the link for more than one purpose. I know I could use Copper but I'd rather just use fibre if I'm putting a switch in the garage anyway if it was me own garage.

Edited September 7, 2017 by Davit2005

[cpjitservices]

Power lines don't work if the power is on a different ring, I'd run Ethernet - you can get armoured cable. Run it along a fence or something this is what I have done for my cameras down to my garage.

[steveg]

Why though?

 

I think the 2 biggest reasons are lightning (pretty unlikely, especially at low level) and potential earth difference. - If the 2 buildings do not have a common earth, there is a potential voltage difference between the earth in both buildings, and this can then cause a voltage across the copper cable.

 

In most cases it will work fine, would just be worth checking the garage has been earthed back to the fuse board in the house. My parents live in a log cabin at the bottom of the garden and all their network sockets are cat5 cables run underground back to the comms cabinet in our house, and it works really well. (they are powered off the same supply and earth as us)

 

Steve

[AlanD]

To do it properly you need 2x fibre converters and a length of preterminated fibre.

 

Or..if it's a single ip camera termination in the garage then you might consider a wiresless bridge.