I'm having two security cameras being installed today. One will go on the front of my house, and will sit close to the garage door. The other is going to be behind the house. Between both cameras is the garage. Now, the guy who came to install it said I needed at least an 80% signal strength in the tests he did, but we could only get to 60%. I have a mesh wifi system, so I tried moving one of the mesh wifi points into the garage, but still no improvement. We later found out it was due to thr garage door. When it was open, the strength between the front camera and the network was over 90% , but when the garage door was closed, it went to around 60%. Is there anything I can do to get a stronger signal in the garage? Get a wifi booster?
If nothing else use powerline network devices. This is what is so funny about so called "wireless" cameras, they still need a power wire. Mine get power via ethernet so it was actually less restrictive since I did not need outdoor power at the locations.
You cameras must be getting power from some outlet. Run a ethernet cable back to that outlet and then plug a powerline unit into the outlet. This should let you get network connectivity anyplace in your house. You can then use the power outlet both to power the camera and to act as its network connectivity.
Actual PoE (ie power over ethernet) is still better but many people do not have ethernet cable run though out their house.
The only way you "fix" the wireless is to put a wireless signal outside but then you might a well consider just running the ethernet cable to the camera.
You cameras must be getting power from some outlet. Run a ethernet cable back to that outlet and then plug a powerline unit into the outlet. This should let you get network connectivity anyplace in your house. You can then use the power outlet both to power the camera and to act as its network connectivity.
Actual PoE (ie power over ethernet) is still better but many people do not have ethernet cable run though out their house.
The only way you "fix" the wireless is to put a wireless signal outside but then you might a well consider just running the ethernet cable to the camera.
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