Does anyone in the northern US have a router set up in their garage? I'm thinking about putting one in my parents' garage, but I'm a little nervous about the high and low temperatures. This would be part of an AiMesh network, to extend the network out to the patio. I could probably bring it inside in the winter.
Heat is the enemy. With cold, you are more concerned with condensing moisture out of the air onto the motherboard components and shorting something out. Just get an ourdoor rated AP and hang it under the roof eave of the house. 2.4GHz will go a long way. Ubiquity has several
Does anyone in the northern US have a router set up in their garage? I'm thinking about putting one in my parents' garage, but I'm a little nervous about the high and low temperatures. This would be part of an AiMesh network, to extend the network out to the patio. I could probably bring it inside in the winter.
Instead of a mesh network consider just buying an outdoor AP and install it on the exterior of the home or if you want in the garage. Connect it to their primary network using Ethernet or if you must Ethernet over powerline. Even then the exposure to the temperature swings and humidity in a garage or outdoors will probably mean it won't last more than a couple of years, but it will do better than a router designed for indoor use.
