Hi,
I'm hoping that someone might be able to channel me in the right direction for building a solution to create outdoor wifi coverage to 5 caravans situated on a farm field.
There is currently a standard Belkin ADSL wifi router that connects to the telephone socket. This is situated inside the main building, where wifi is actually not required. There is a distance of approximately 30 metres between this base location and the outbuilding that I have in mind for providing wireless access and which should be within range of all 5 caravans (situated in different directions, with none greater than 50-60 metres). Because of thick stone walls, it is not possible to pick up the wireless signal of the Belkin router from the outdoor points where wifi is required. So I think that the wireless repeater solution won't work.
At this spot in the outbuilding (which can't pick up the main wifi signal at base) there is a power socket inside the building. So I was thinking along the lines of using a couple of powerline adapters to connect whatever equipment is needed at the outbuilding spot with the main Belkin router. There shouldn't be any power ring complications between these sites.
The outbuilding itself has thick stone walls, so I was also planning to house the equipment inside the building and to run antenna cables to one or more (high-gain?) antennae that could be attached to the roof or side of the building.
Budget is quite important with this solution, and tech expertise is limited. Is anyone able to suggest a combination of equipment that would provide a suitable solution for this?
I started researching, then got confused with access points, wifi extenders, repeaters, bridges, antennae (each with different connector types) etc. hopefully someone can keep me right and possibly even recommend specific equipment.
Wifi speed is less critical than stability and assurance of range. The actual broadband speed is slow. It's a rural location and bandwidth is limited.
Many thanks,
Rob
I'm hoping that someone might be able to channel me in the right direction for building a solution to create outdoor wifi coverage to 5 caravans situated on a farm field.
There is currently a standard Belkin ADSL wifi router that connects to the telephone socket. This is situated inside the main building, where wifi is actually not required. There is a distance of approximately 30 metres between this base location and the outbuilding that I have in mind for providing wireless access and which should be within range of all 5 caravans (situated in different directions, with none greater than 50-60 metres). Because of thick stone walls, it is not possible to pick up the wireless signal of the Belkin router from the outdoor points where wifi is required. So I think that the wireless repeater solution won't work.
At this spot in the outbuilding (which can't pick up the main wifi signal at base) there is a power socket inside the building. So I was thinking along the lines of using a couple of powerline adapters to connect whatever equipment is needed at the outbuilding spot with the main Belkin router. There shouldn't be any power ring complications between these sites.
The outbuilding itself has thick stone walls, so I was also planning to house the equipment inside the building and to run antenna cables to one or more (high-gain?) antennae that could be attached to the roof or side of the building.
Budget is quite important with this solution, and tech expertise is limited. Is anyone able to suggest a combination of equipment that would provide a suitable solution for this?
I started researching, then got confused with access points, wifi extenders, repeaters, bridges, antennae (each with different connector types) etc. hopefully someone can keep me right and possibly even recommend specific equipment.
Wifi speed is less critical than stability and assurance of range. The actual broadband speed is slow. It's a rural location and bandwidth is limited.
Many thanks,
Rob