I need to get a reliable, high speed connection from my cable modem (in the house) to my home studio (in the detached garage). I purchased a NetGear HomePlug LAN extender. The distance form the house to the garage is maybe 100 or 150 feet; the HomePlug system is supposed to deliver gigabit speeds at 300 yards, but I get a marginal connection at best, often no connection, between the two ends.
Most of the house (including the head end of the HomePlug setup) is on a standby generator with an automatic transfer switch. The garage is not on the transfer switch; there is a 100 amp circuit off the main electrical panel in the house, which goes to the electrical in the garage. Both ends of the HomePlug system are plugged directly into the wall. There are no AFCI breakers involved, as far as I can tell. So the path from the house to the garage goes something like this:
device - wall outlet - generator panel - transfer switch - house panel - garage panel - wall outlet - device.
The documentation that came with the HomePlug equipment suggested trying different outlets at both ends to find the best connection. I've done that, at both ends, and I always get the same result: sometimes a very slow connection, sometimes no connection at all. I'm at a loss as to how to troubleshoot this setup. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
P. S. If HomePlug isn't going to work, what other options do I have? Is there an affordable fiber solution? Thinwire? UTP? Infrared? I could conceivably bury a cable, and I do have available windows with line of sight between the house and garage.
Most of the house (including the head end of the HomePlug setup) is on a standby generator with an automatic transfer switch. The garage is not on the transfer switch; there is a 100 amp circuit off the main electrical panel in the house, which goes to the electrical in the garage. Both ends of the HomePlug system are plugged directly into the wall. There are no AFCI breakers involved, as far as I can tell. So the path from the house to the garage goes something like this:
device - wall outlet - generator panel - transfer switch - house panel - garage panel - wall outlet - device.
The documentation that came with the HomePlug equipment suggested trying different outlets at both ends to find the best connection. I've done that, at both ends, and I always get the same result: sometimes a very slow connection, sometimes no connection at all. I'm at a loss as to how to troubleshoot this setup. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
P. S. If HomePlug isn't going to work, what other options do I have? Is there an affordable fiber solution? Thinwire? UTP? Infrared? I could conceivably bury a cable, and I do have available windows with line of sight between the house and garage.