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Understanding the AirBridge
I want to setup some wireless security cameras to our garage but currently our home (base) wireless signal is out of range. The garage (target) is about 100 yards away. I have been researching the WB...
Thanks plemans! Super helpful. Also, the WBC502 has to have a minimum of two (master & satellite) devices for it to work. You can't just use one to blast a signal up and connect that signal to a seperate AP?
You could use just one and an AP. However, for the usage with surveillance video streaming, I would avoid sharing an AP radio for concurrent front end streaming (cameras) and backhaul (wireless link) - because this will happen sequentially, and not in parallel.
Most of netgear routers have an access point mode as well as many of its extenders to as well (not all).
I'd look at what you're using it for bandwidth wise and choose something that meets your needs. In AP mode, many features are disabled so as long at it meets your goals for wifi coverage, you should be good.
plemans& schumaku Based on the information you have given me thus far I would expect my setup to be as followed. I don't have a large budget so I found the relatively cheap WAC104 AP that I would imagine would tie in nicely. This should be enough to handle 2 outdoor Nest Cameras wirelessly and some occasional light internet browsing via mobile devices.
Home (main internet):
- ARRIS Surfboard - Cable Modem
- TPLink Archer C7 - Wireless Router
- WBC502 - Setup as a master. Connected to Archer C7 via ethernet.
Garage:
- WBC502 - Setup as satellite
- WAC104 - Access Point
- (2) Nest Outdoor Cameras (Wireless connection)
With this type of setup would I be able to keep the same WiFi signal that is in my home since it's an access point? Similar to how a Mesh Network works?
csteel wrote:Do you all have any recommendations for a particular AP in my scenario?
Not a secret, I'm coming from a different networking world. remember my hint ref using a pair of fibers 8-) Consumer routers often don't make any reasonable access point, don't play the dedicated guest and IoT wireless network game at all (even if they do in router mode, or in the context of a consumer Mesh system like Orbi.
Basically, any AP does the job. But it depends where you want to go to...
Tell us a little bit more about your accommodation, your house, your garden, your condo, your property, your farm, probably with B&B (Corona permitting again), ... Starting from two access points (and no more WiFi router - or simply use the ISP provided router with disabled Wireless), we're quickly coming to one or two Gigabit Ethernet switches, with some PoE capability, two or more wireless access points, regardless if the garage is covered by an AirBridge pair or a fiber link, ... look into the Netgear Insight system, it's cloud manageable switches and 802.11ac and 802.11ax (WiFi 6) where really required. Walking around your property, having WiFi VoIP calls with seamless roaming, not having to change wireless, ...
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