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Extending wifi to two outbuildings
I am in the UK and have a BT broadband connection and Smarthub (wireless/Ethernet ports) that gives good speeds. I want to extend the wireless network from this hub to two outbuildings. In preparation for this I ran shielded Cat6 cable from the hub's location to the first outbuilding (10m away) and then a second shielded Cat6 cable from this outbuilding to the second outbuilding (40m away from the first).
I want to daisy chain wireless access repeaters on the end of these cables to provide wireless in both outbuildings and get good speed in both. What products do I need and how do I set them up?
Just so as you know wireless from the hub to the outbuilding will not work due to wall thickness hence why I ran the cables. I could have run cables from the hub to each outbuilding which may have been better (as could connect each extender directly to the hub in that scenario), but I didn't and can't do that now (as cables are buried) hence why I need to daisy chain them.
All help much appreciated.
yes you can daisy chain. Some of the satellites have more than 1 ethernet jack. You'd just go router------>satellite------>satellite with ethernet. If you happened to have a satellite with only 1 ethernet, a simple unmanaged switch would work
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I wouldn't use extenders. I would just go with a mesh system. Netgears orbi line support a wired backhaul so you could put a router in the house and a satellite in each building. It'd be simpler than trying to rig up extenders to work and would be a lot more set and forget.
Thanks for the reply and that sounds like an option having done some reading up on your suggestion. What I am unsure about is how I would connect the devices. I'd need a 'parent' node in the house that would connect to the Smarthub and then two satellite nodes, one in the adjacent outbuilding and then another in the more distant outbuilding. I currently have a CAT6 cable between the two outbuildings in readiness for this and a Cat 6 cable from the adjacent outbuilding to the house. What I don't have (which would have been more sensible) is a cable from the furthest outbuilding to the house. So I sort of need to daisy chain the satellites... hub -> parent -> satellite 1 -> satellite 2 ... is that possible? Can I out some sort of 'splitter' in the first outbuilding to connect both satellites to the parent? Apologies if this is not making sense.
yes you can daisy chain. Some of the satellites have more than 1 ethernet jack. You'd just go router------>satellite------>satellite with ethernet. If you happened to have a satellite with only 1 ethernet, a simple unmanaged switch would work