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Outdoor WiFi extender
Hi, I was just curious if anyone knows if netgear makes a long range wifi extender. Due to a lot of criminal activities in town and want to protect my operation from unwanted traffic, I would like to install security cameras on my barns but I don’t have any wifi and I don’t want to trench an Ethernet cable to the house and don’t really feel like paying for a cell card for a remote view on a trail cam. So I was thinking if netgear had a booster I could mount on top of the house and maybe put another receiver on one of the barns to pass the signal along the way. From the end of the barn to the house is about 700-900ft. There is not a clear line of sight to the bins where I want to mount them as there is another barn in the way. That’s why I was thinking I would have to mount one on that barn to chain the signal out further
- Alright, well thank you all for your help and advice.
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Netgear does make outdoor WiFi as part of the commercial product line. (WAX610Y), but it would not integrate with the existing Orbi system.
With that sort of distance, I would look at units from other vendors that are described as "point to point wireless bridge".
Mainstream vendors such as Ubiquiti and TP-Link make several models. (Amazon carries a number of products from less well-known companies.) Since they are rated in terms of kilometers, they will provide a good link over only 900 ft. There are units rated for outdoor use. Because of the (relatively) short distance, it might be possible to place the units at both ends inside and they will connect through both the house and barn walls.
In essence, these units appear on both ends to be an Ethernet connection. The home WiFi system things "something" is wired to the system with Ethernet, and in the barn any Ethernet device can be connected to the unit with Ethernet. For example, an Orbi satellite or any WiFi Access point (from any vendor) can be placed to provide a signal to the cameras.
I'd start by reading the user comments about such units to see what caused people to purchase them and see how their needs match yours.
Ubiquiti nano station products get consistently good reviews, as to TP-Link. Some of the minor manufacturers have high ratings on Amazon. (Caveat: I have never installed one of these myself.)
- Do those other point to point products work with a netgear router or do I need to look at getting a new router too?
They work with any brand. To the system, they appear to be an Ethernet cable.
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