Need help: wired/wireless connection for multiple devices to a router 675 ft away?

Apollo7242 · Mar 23, 2015

I need to connect to a router (for 2 laptops, 2 tablets, an xbox 360, a PS3, and 2 desktops), but this router is 675 feet away, through a large set of woods...

RealBeast · Mar 23, 2015

A heavily wooded area would eliminate using wireless since you have no line of sight, so you will need to use either fiber or a twisted pair Ethernet extender like THIS type depending on your bandwidth need and budget.

giantbucket · Mar 23, 2015

cheaper to run a network cable and set up a more local router / access point. or does the other router belong to someone else?

RealBeast · Mar 23, 2015

giantbucket :

Distance is the issue though, 675 feet is too long for a simple Ethernet run. Personally, for his use I would just use Outdoor Ethernet cable and a pair of the extender adapters (similar to my link) and settle for the Fast Ethernet-ish speeds that would get.

giantbucket · Mar 23, 2015

ooh, wait. both are not great - not just length but proper shielding / shrouding of the cable for outdoor use, especially when there's rocks n twigs all over the place. even optical (which could handle the distance without much problem) would need a conduit of some type.

as to wifi, are either the 2.4G or 5G even going to have reach? 2.4G is better but not by much. wouldn't something way way lower be better, like 900MHz or below?

RealBeast · Mar 23, 2015

Outdoor Ethernet cable is pretty tough and should work fine for the twisted pair necessary.

Wireless is a no-go unless there is line of sight. If there were line of sight with minimal partial obstruction 2.4GHz would probably be better, like a pair of Ubiquiti AirMax M2, but the forest tells me that is a non-starter. 900MHz outdoor APs are available but still don't overcome the issue of the forest between the two points. If line of sight is available, and with proper alignment and placement high enough up, 2.4GHz like the AirMax will work well over 10 km.

Apollo7242 · Mar 23, 2015

Its my mom's router, and my mobile home, so I kinda figured wifi was out, but I thought I'd ask for all options...a plan I had was to run a wired connection from her Netgear wireless router (that has wired ports on the back, naturally) from her house to our trailer, through the woods, in a plastic tubing, then connect a wifi router at our end...

RealBeast · Mar 23, 2015

Apollo7242 :

I often run Ethernet in 1/2 or 3/4 inch PVC outdoors to protect it more from nature and critters. You will need to use something like the adapters that I linked, as that distance is too far for a simple Ethernet run. While the stated limit is 100m for an Ethernet run, you can get by farther, but no where near 675 feet without additional devices. The adapter I linked only uses a single pair of twisted wires of the 4 pair that Ethernet has, but it is always good to have extra sets since Ethernet cable is pretty cheap.

Apollo7242 · Mar 23, 2015

Realbeast, that adapter says it runs 10/100 mbps right, is that fast enough to not get bogged down if say 4-6 of our devices were running at once...I believe Mom's internet connection is a 3 megabit connection, its low-end DSL...

RealBeast · Mar 24, 2015

That should be plenty of speed. At that distance you should get around 40-75Mbps over the pair of wires -- well above her 3Mbps connection.

If you want anything faster (i.e. gigabit) you would need to use optical fiber and spend thousands of dollars.

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