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WIFI to barn 200' away?
Thanks everyone for looking! I set up this Orbi RBR50 with one satellite in my home last week, very good coverage around the house. I have a metal barn about 200' away where I would like to control a...
Thank you, you have clearly shown me the light! Digging will not be an easy path but I had considered it a year or so ago, hense the 250' of cable in my closet. Thanks for the info on the outdoor satellite with no ethernet connection.
Thanks guys for responding. I have an option I am going to check out first. I will be installing orbi RBK50 at another location later this year, but I will purchase it now and use the satellite here on the outside wall of my barn to evaluate if I get an usable range of service. If that checks out good maybe go with an outdoor satellite. I do have 250' of cat6 bury cable to use if I go that route?? or a bridge?? My new satellite will arrive Monday so I'll see how that shakes out. Thanks again,
250' of ethernet cable is the least costly and best solution. Any WiFi access point (of any brand) can be mounted in the barn.
An inexpensive WiFi bridge, with any WiFi access point is the next least costly.
An Orbi outdoor satellite (RBS50Y) is the most costly solution (if it works).
The central issue is WiFi signals penetrating the metal barn wall. An outdoor RBS50Y may sync with the house system, but will it penetrate the barn wall? Running ethernet from the house inside the barn addresses this issue directly.
A WiFi bridge with one unit 'outside' at the barn with the ethernet cable penetrating the barn wall addresses the issue directly.
Orbi RBS50Y has no ethernet port.
Thank you, you have clearly shown me the light! Digging will not be an easy path but I had considered it a year or so ago, hense the 250' of cable in my closet. Thanks for the info on the outdoor satellite with no ethernet connection.