Trying to get WiFi out to the new garage.

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axlrose

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Just built a new detached garage. I used an old router that was out of use and some directions online to make an access point in the very closest corner of the house. Also gives the daughter's full bars in their bedroom now. The signal seemed to reach well enough for me to run my fantasy football draft out there with laptops. Unfortunately, my phone doesn't seem to pick up much signal at all. This is a huge problem because I installed a Ryobi opener which has all kinds of add-ons such as a blue tooth speaker and software that operates the opener in place of an old clip on button. I'm not able to get a strong enough signal to get the phone to function with the opener still. I certainly can't stream music without worrying the signal dropped and I'm burning data instead.

What options do I have to get a solid wifi signal out there?

Thanks.
 
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You asked what a bridge was. As you describe it is how you would set it up. A bridge provides a link that works like an ethernet cable. The garage end can be a WIFI source in addition to a bridge. Or you can use it as just a bridge and use the old router you are now using as an access point as your WIFI source. If you don't have a lot of competing WIFI in the area, you can use a pair of the 2.4Ghz units with the garage unit as your WIFI source.

A range extender might work. It, like the directional devices I linked...
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Bridge is another new term. How is different from power line adapter, router, access point, range extender...

Going to try the power line adapters, but there is a separate breaker box out to the garage, so I'm not sure whether that will work or not.
 
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So I would put one of these inside the house by the router close to the garage and another one in the garage? This would throw off WiFi?

What are the benefits of that over a range extender out in the garage?
 
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You asked what a bridge was. As you describe it is how you would set it up. A bridge provides a link that works like an ethernet cable. The garage end can be a WIFI source in addition to a bridge. Or you can use it as just a bridge and use the old router you are now using as an access point as your WIFI source. If you don't have a lot of competing WIFI in the area, you can use a pair of the 2.4Ghz units with the garage unit as your WIFI source.

A range extender might work. It, like the directional devices I linked to receives WIFI in and rebroadcasts it. I have no way to know if the signal in the garage is sufficient for a WIFI extender to work.
 
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