Extend Wifi to Outbuilding 100 feet away from my home

[kritercat]

I went to Best Buy and bought the Nighthawk X6 Tri-Band WiFi Mesh Extender.  I put it near the router in the house and went to the software to log in.  Do I now move the Extender to the outbuilding?  Any help would be appreciated.

[plemans]

If you have it all setup, you can try moving it to the outbuilding to see if it'll reach. 100ft is a decent distance. make sure your main router doesn't have anything blocking it such as hvac, concrete, foil lined insulation. Another option you could try if the extender won't reach is a powerline setup or MoCa setup if you have coax ran to the outbuilding. 

[kritercat]

What is a powerline setup?

[plemans]

https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/powerline/default.aspx

[michaelkenward]

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@plemans wrote:

100ft is a decent distance.

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In other words, that's longer than most of us would expect to work reliably.

It is even a long stretch for Powerline, especially of it had fuse boxes and circuit breakers.

An Orbi outdoor satellite might work. But 100ft =~ 30 metres, which is pushing it.

You may need to look beyond consumer hardware.