100 feet WiFi extender

Mrjrnotch · Feb 20, 2018

I am trying to get WiFi from my house to my garage. It is 100 feet from the router to where I want to get WiFi. It is window to window with nothing in the way. What should I get to extend my WiFi for hopefully under $100. Any help is greatly appreciated!

vmfantom · Feb 20, 2018

Is there any sort of cabling that can be run between the house and garage? Also, which materials are the walls between the house and garage made of (drywall, brick, concrete, etc.)?

Mrjrnotch · Feb 20, 2018

vmfantom :

I can't really run any cable, unless that is my only option. I would prefer a wireless solution. There are only glass windows between the two points.

vmfantom · Feb 20, 2018

Mrjrnotch :

If your router has detachable antennas, you could use a directional antenna like the one below and point it at the garage. That should improve the signal strength of the router by up to 10 dBm for devices in the garage. Just use a wifi analyzer app to check your signal strength in the garage - you'd want to have stronger signal than -67 dBm to minimize packet loss. There are higher gain antennas available.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Alfa-APA-M25-2-4-5-GHz-dual-band-Wi-Fi-directional-10-dBi-panel-antenna-802-11ac/111451275728

Mrjrnotch · Feb 21, 2018

vmfantom :

Mrjrnotch :

If your router has detachable antennas, you could use a directional antenna like the one below and point it at the garage. That should improve the signal strength of the router by up to 10 dBm for devices in the garage. Just use a wifi analyzer app to check your signal strength in the garage - you'd want to have stronger signal than -67 dBm to minimize packet loss. There are higher gain antennas available.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Alfa-APA-M25-2-4-5-GHz-dual-band-Wi-Fi-directional-10-dBi-panel-antenna-802-11ac/111451275728

Is there any wifi extender that would work? or should I get the antenna or try to run a wire over?
Thanks

lakimens · Feb 21, 2018

An Ethernet cable would be best, but you could try setting up a few WiFi Extenders.

vmfantom · Feb 21, 2018

Mrjrnotch :

The Tenda Nova system isn't much more than $100, and isn't terrible. It just comes down to the throughput you need in the garage. A range extender would lower throughput by 50% or more unless it uses a different channel than the main router. No extender system would rival a good standalone router for throughput, but might be acceptable when you more or less have line of sight between points in the house and the garage.

https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/33184-tenda-mw6-nova-whole-home-mesh-wifi-system-reviewed?showall=&start=3

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