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Metal pole barn
I have a metal pole barn/garage, which is only maybe 50' from my house, that I'm having trouble getting wifi into. I bought a R7000P Nighthawk to extend my coverage from my house but that didn't help despite having range to spare, its just not getting through the metal exterior. Next, I added an EX6120 extender in the garage, using an extension cord I mounted it in the closest window to my house (which I saw on another post in here). It connects but I can only get about 1 mbps, essentially unusable. Unfortunately, I do not have the option to run a wire..
I saw another post on here talking about a wireless bridge kit. I am not super familiar with these, if someone could explain how the set up would go. Would you bring the nighthawk into the pole barn then go straight off my Verizon Fios modem/router (g1100) to the bridge to the nighthawk in the garage?
Also could someone point me to a decent kit that hopefully wont break the bank?
Thanks!
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Or.. am I over thinking this and I could just bring the Nighthawk into the garage and connect an outdoor antenna to that?
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I recommend since the bar is make of metal, that you run a CAT6A STP cable from the main building out to this barn. Then connect up a router and configure it for AP mode. Then you'll get good wifi at the barn area.
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Netgear's Airbridge is a wireless bridge setup.
You'd get 2 of them.
1 you'd mount on the house and point at the garage
the other you'd put on the garage.
The you'd use a wireless access point inside the garage to connect to the bridge on the garage.
The metal is going to block signals. So you need something to get the signal to the garage and then something in the garage to connect to that device and rebroadcast it.
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Might look up Air Bridge WiFi on Amazon and see whats available.
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Do your have AC power in the garage?
Does it share a mains circuit panel with the house?
Have your thought of a power line Wi-Fi extender?
Do a search on Amazon for Power Line Wi-Fi Extenders.
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