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Can I add an external PoE Access Point to a RAX120
Hi,
I have a RAX120 which provides great wireless signal inside my house - no complaints there. However outside the house I have next to no signal, which is challenging for my wireless security cameras, and wanting to get a signal into my workshop (seperate from house).
My question is, can i add in an external AP with a PoE injector to one of the LAN ports on my RAX120? Unfortunately hard cabling out to my workshop isnt an option. And I am unable to move the RAX120 location, due to the proximity of the NBN entry to my house.
Thanks in advance
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The RAX120 does not have PoE LAN ports, if I understand your question correctly
- Yes - I know it doesn’t have PoE LAN ports, however would an external antennae with a PoE injector work for me to put an external/outdoor access point on the Wi-Fi network
Should work
wilcoxmj wrote:
My question is, can i add in an external AP with a PoE injector to one of the LAN ports on my RAX120? Unfortunately hard cabling out to my workshop isnt an option. And I am unable to move the RAX120 location, due to the proximity of the NBN entry to my house.
It might be safer, and simpler, to investigate Powerline Ethernet and, if you need wifi, to put a wireless access point on the remote plug. You can even by Powerline plugs that have a built in AP.
I have an Orbi in AP mode at the remote end of a Powerline network. Works fine.
> Should work
I don't see why it would cause any special problems. Whether it
would solve the basic problem is a different question.> [...] Unfortunately hard cabling out to my workshop isnt an option.
> [...]So, without "hard cabling", what, exactly, would the "an external AP"
be buying you? Shorter distance to the still-remote "workshop"?
> It might be safer, and simpler, to investigate Powerline Ethernet
> [...]How/why, exactly, would that be "safer" or "simpler"? It might be
more _effective_ in getting a wired network connection in the
"workshop".- In short yes - a shorter distance to the workshop, I can hard cable from the router to the edge of the house, but can’t get across the 10m of gap without stringing a catenary wire or going underground.
- Thanks - not knowing a great deal about powerline, would it still be applicable if the sockets are on completely different electrical circuits? (I’m guessing the answer is no)
