Need help to set up a network in a barn, as the house is too far from it for wifi/running cat5

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Okay so, a recent family emergency has brought my sister and I back to our parents house, and where she's staying, a room upstairs in our barn, is too far away to for trying to get her on the house wifi to be practical.

The primary network and wifi are set up w/ DSL out of a phone line filter (phone/DSL) in the house, and there is another one of these splitters in the barn, which shares the phone line.
My question is, is there any way we could also set up either another router or create some kind of access point out there that would get her online on the house network?

I'm not quite sure how to attack this or proceed from here, so thanks in advance for any help you're able to provide.
 
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A an option is an outdoor access point such as the Engenius ENH500 or the ENS202

It is possible that one of these would provide network access if there is a line of sight to your outbuilding. If one isn't sufficient to reach user devices, then a bridge setup with a second as a client bridge, which in turn would be connected to a local access point.

The use of a bridge to access point has a similar effect as a wifi extender, but is a much more robust technology with far better user satisfaction. Among the benefits is the ability to use the 5 GHz bridge connection to avoid interference on the more ubiquitous 2.4 GHz band. Interference may or may not be a problem in your location.
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Ethernet standard for standard CAT cables is 100 meters
It is possible to bridge wireless connections, but it is fairly unstable and a bit complicated depending on if your routers firmware supports it or not.

Internet is provisioned based on the modem's MAC address, so 2 modems doesn't work unless your ISP provides some method of doing that.

Powerline put internet signal over your power lines(and another adapter picks it up and translates it like a modem does for phone line/coax cable), depending on the wiring there it might be a possibility.
 
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A an option is an outdoor access point such as the Engenius ENH500 or the ENS202

It is possible that one of these would provide network access if there is a line of sight to your outbuilding. If one isn't sufficient to reach user devices, then a bridge setup with a second as a client bridge, which in turn would be connected to a local access point.

The use of a bridge to access point has a similar effect as a wifi extender, but is a much more robust technology with far better user satisfaction. Among the benefits is the ability to use the 5 GHz bridge connection to avoid interference on the more ubiquitous 2.4 GHz band. Interference may or may not be a problem in your location.
 
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