Can I run 180 feet of Cat 5e cable from my house to my barn and put another Router on the barn end for WiFi in the barn?

TexasErn · Apr 2, 2014

Hook up between house and barn.

abailey · Apr 2, 2014

Yes that will work. If you have a router in your house that you are hooking to you can just put a WAP in the barn if you want. No need for another router really.

Someone Somewhere · Apr 2, 2014

Yup, that's well within the limit of 100m for ethernet. Running it too close to an electric fence may cause trouble, though.

As above, you want to use a WAP, or disable DHCP and connect the router via one of the LAN ports.

TexasErn · Apr 2, 2014

abailey :

I'm a real novice. What is a WAP?

abailey · Apr 2, 2014

A WAP is a wireless access point. It is similar to a wireless router but it does not have a built in firewall. It is meant to sit behind a router and give a signal for wireless devices to connect to.

TexasErn · Apr 2, 2014

I was thinking about using certified underground cable and boring a small hole in the house wall near the floor and connecting to my existing Belkins 1200 Router via a LAN Port. At the barn I was going to drill a hole in the tin, install PVC to protect the wire and then run the wire up to a shelf for a WAP? or a Router. I assume that if I use a WAP then I don't have to disable the DHCP(Whatever that is).

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TexasErn · Apr 2, 2014

abailey :

OK. Then the WAP would be in the barn and my single Router wold be back in the house???

TexasErn · Apr 2, 2014

Someone Somewhere :

Would I disable the DHCP on BOTH Routers or just the one in the barn.?

Someone Somewhere · Apr 2, 2014

Just the one in the barn.

WAP in the barn (a wireless router with the router bits turned off is basically a WAP, plus your router in the main house.

TexasErn · Apr 3, 2014

Someone Somewhere :

I read also that the Router in the barn had to be designated as a 'Client'. Make sense?

Someone Somewhere · Apr 3, 2014

Erm. Client is normally the term used for the less central end of a wireless connection. E.g. a computer instead of a router, because the router is closer to the net.

I'm not sure where you got that from.

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