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steinj14

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I have a mobile home that is about 160 ft from the back of my house (measured from the room my Linksys E1200 router is in). In between the two is a tree line (about 35 ft wide). I am trying to figure out the best way to extend my wifi signal from the house to the mobile home. The mobile home has power but obviously no Internet connection. I prefer not to run an ethernet cable from the house to the mobile home.

I'm guessing I would need an outdoor wifi range extender/repeater? And that the extender would require a power outlet but not need to be hardwired to the router? Where would I put the extender - at the house, mobile home, or in between somehow? Anyone have ideas on the easiest way to do this, and/or recommendations on what to purchase? I prefer to keep costs under $150 if possible...

Thanks,
Joan
 
Thanks so much for the replies. Not to be dense, but do I set them both up to be access points? It looks like I need to run ethernet cable to them, or am I wrong? I don't have clear line of sight between the two houses, so where do I place these? Besides my existing router, is there anything else I need on either end?

Sorry for the basic questions, networking is not my forte, but I'm trying to get up-to-speed...
 

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