WIFI for summer house

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gmainwaring wrote:

I am looking for advice on how to get wifi coverage in my summer house.

 

I have Netgear router connected to Virgin Media cable broadband which provides good coverage around the house, boosted by a Netgear powerline in the loft bedroom.  I have recently built a summer house in the garden which is 30M from the house and 50M from the router which is in the front room (can't be moved) and is not covered by existing wifi coverage. 

 

The summer house has a power supply connected to the house.  I have tried powerline and with an ethernet cable achieve a download speeds of between 15-20Mbps and upload of between 9-12Mbps.  

 

The summer house will be used as a home office, exercise (Zswift) and xbox.  What is the wifi options available to achieve this?

 

Many thanks,

Gareth

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You might have the best solution without burying a wire. 50m of distance with walls in the way can be quite an issue for wireless. 

A couple options though:

1. a point to point system. Something like netgear airbridge or simlar (cheaper on amazon)

2. bury an underground ethernet wire. and connect an Access point in the guest house (best performance option)

3. Running an orbi setup with ourdoor orbi might work but it might have issues. exterior walls tend to be the best at blocking wifi and interference can cause issues too.

4. MoCa adapters. If there's cable tv ran out there off the main house, a moca adapter might work well. 

Running the underground wire (if you diy it) would be the best performance and potentially cheapest versus buying an orbi system/point to point system. Plus you'd have that link for any future changes/upgrades.