How to Use Home Wi-Fi in Shop/Garage? Need Help Please!

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We have a windstream router in our house, and would like to have wifi in our shop/garage, which is a good 200ft-300ft away. What would be the best, and cheapest way to do this? Im sure you cant really buy a range extender that goes that far, and if you can buy one it would be rather expensive!!! Could we just run a 300ft. outdoor ethernet cable a few inches underground from the house to the shop, and then have some device that uses ethernet to broadcast a wifi signal in the shop? Do they make such a thing? And what is it called? Thanks!! Help is very much appreciated!!
 
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The spec for cat5e maximum cable runs is 100m, which is 328ft. So the direct bury cat5e cable will work. On your workshop side you need to purchase a wifi access point or another router that can be configured as an access point.
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USAFRet

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300 feet direct bury Cat5e.
https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Waterproof-Shielded-Ethernet-Direct/dp/B001B6FZH0/
 
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You could run a cat 5/6 cable to your shop and have a wifi router/range extender there to provide wifi.
Problem is cat x cables have a max range of ~300ft, so you'd need to measure and lay the cable carefully. Any longer and you'll need a switch between to boost the signal.
 
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You could certainly run the ethernet cable, and use a 'repeater' to broadcast the signal.

There's quite a few 'repeater' devices, but realistically, you can use just about any old router (although some newer routers can do it 'out of the box', there are a few free custom firmware options available)
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-extend-your-wi-fi-network-with-an-old-router-915783308

Is your garage/shop on the same electric circuit by chance? If so, powerline adapters would eliminate the 300ft ethernet cable aspect.
 
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The spec for cat5e maximum cable runs is 100m, which is 328ft. So the direct bury cat5e cable will work. On your workshop side you need to purchase a wifi access point or another router that can be configured as an access point.
 
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