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Metal building wifi
Another remote metal building question. i live on an acreage. Added a wavlink extender to my network at the house. Works good everywhere across the acreage, good signal, except wifi signal inside me...
Ok have lots of numbers to analyze…
signal in building before netgear box 86.3/63.7
signal in building out of netgear box 60.8/8.85
signal outside before netgear box. 904/119
signal outside out of netgear box 5G. 112
signal “. “. “. “. “. 2.4G. 50.1
the signal inside isn’t to bad today. At times it’s much slower.
so, looks like this netgear box isn’t a very good option.
any thoughts on how to get more of the 904/119 signal from outside to the inside?
signal in building before netgear box 86.3/63.7Are you measuring this at the spot where you have the Netgear extender installed?
What speeds are you getting w/o the netgear extender in various places in the building?
the signal inside isn’t too bad today. At times it’s much slower.
I am wondering what equipment is in the shop. Electric motors can generate a lot of wifi interference, which could be the main cause of your performance problem.
any thoughts on how to get more of the 904/119 signal from outside to the inside?
The shop looks fairly close to the house. Another path is to run an ethernet cable to the shop (easiest done overhead), and then set up the extender in AP mode. Standard ethernet cable can carry gigabit 100 meters (328 feet).
