Extending Network / Internet between 2 buildings

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Hi, I have my house and my parents about 50m apart. There is line of site.

I wanted to sign up to a fast network connection in my house and share it with theirs.

Has anyone had any experience with Point to Point Wireless Bridge Kits ? e.g to outbuildings or such like, if so any recommendations?
 
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Hi

50m is about 180ft. Would it not be possible to connect using outdoor CAT5e cable? This would give a much more consistent connection, and would permit the use of wireless access points "at both ends" offering a decent signal.
 
Hi

50m is about 180ft. Would it not be possible to connect using outdoor CAT5e cable? This would give a much more consistent connection, and would permit the use of wireless access points "at both ends" offering a decent signal.

Please no. Running copper between buildings is a fairly terrible idea.
 
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They are separate buildings on different properties, with a public highway and other houses on the way!

I'm looking at a set of TP-LINK TL-WA7510N or similar from broadband buyer, which I'll set up when it quietens down at work

I need something professional that works reliably, whilst I'm sure a cantenna will work, I'll give it a miss on this occasion!
 
Your idea should work just fine.

We have two (work) buildings that are 400M apart and we have two standard 300Mb/sec wireless routers (we used them in routing, rather than bridging mode) attached to professional antennas.

Because they are highly directional, they don't fight with other APs for bandwidth so we're seeing better than 200Mb/sec.

Coming down to your distance, I wouldn't discount the cantennas. Sure, if you can find off-the-shelf kit for a reasonable sum then knock yourself out, but the cantennas will likely achieve similar performance at that distance.
The key is to make them as directional as possible, then mount them rigidly.

Edit: Huh, whaddyaknow - they're not as expensive as I'd imagined; http://www.wifi-antennas.co.uk/antennas.html

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£22.94 (the ones we have cost over a grand, including the mounts, fitting and low-loss cable)
 
A cantenna can happily connect me to a normal omni antenna upwards of a hundred metres away with cluttered line of sight.

The off-the-shelf directional units he's dug up should work wonderfully.
 
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They are separate buildings on different properties, with a public highway and other houses on the way! /end quote

Oh! That would explain the necessity to use wireless!
But Monkeh, why are you so against running cables between buildings (where possible)???
 
But Monkeh, why are you so against running cables between buildings (where possible)???

Lightning is a bloody nuisance. If you're going to the bother of running cable, you use fibre. It's cheap, media converters are cheap.
 
But Monkeh, why are you so against running cables between buildings (where possible)???

Potential difference between the electrical earths at each property could mean that the comms cable can carry dangerous levels of electricity.
 
you'll need a wireless bridge one end (with a detachable ariel), with a high gain Ariel (the no internet end) to pick up the wireless.

a access point or router, with a high gain ariel the other.
 
But Monkeh, why are you so against running cables between buildings (where possible)???

Potential difference between the electrical earths at each property could mean that the comms cable can carry dangerous levels of electricity.

Only if it has an earthed shield. Ethernet is floating.

We could go off topic a long way here, but 0VDC on a PC is normally grounded to the case, aka earth. But, are we able to agree that it's not a slamdunk to simply assume you can run any type of cable between to buildings, if you're unsure what mains supply each/both is on?
 
But Monkeh, why are you so against running cables between buildings (where possible)???

Potential difference between the electrical earths at each property could mean that the comms cable can carry dangerous levels of electricity.

Only if it has an earthed shield. Ethernet is floating.

We could go off topic a long way here, but 0VDC on a PC is normally grounded to the case, aka earth.

And the ethernet cable has no electrical connection to the PC. Yes, really. Look it up.

But, are we able to agree that it's not a slamdunk to simply assume you can run any type of cable between to buildings, if you're unsure what mains supply each/both is on?

Absolutely, if a ground reference is involved.
 
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