Question Any recommendations on a point-to-point wireless ethernet solution?

[ThundyUK]

Hi all,

So I've got a bit of a problem - I have an NVR in one room and the ethernet cable to the LAN port has broken so it's not directly connected to the router anymore.
I've re-established connection to it by using a powerline adapter, however the speed is pretty bad & when using the desktop program or mobile app to the view the cameras (which are connected directly to the POE ports on the NVR) the cameras lag out badly.

The powerline adapter speed just can't cope, and there are no WiFi options I could use.

The problem is I can't re-run another cable to the NVR without ripping the room apart.

So that brings me to the question - I understand you can get point-to-point wireless ethernet bridges- something like this :
Amazon Brostrend Wireless Bridge

But I aren't sure what I'm looking at really, and that seems overkill especially at the price - I'm just looking to beam something into the next room so I can connect to the nearest switch.

In theory it would go NVR to Ethernet Bridge to Ethernet Bridge to Switch.

Anyone know if that'll work and also any recommendations on a domestic version?

Thanks

 

[bill001g]

You already have a wifi router I assume. All you basically need is a wifi card for your NVR. Since most of these you can't actually use a PCIE card and the vast majority will not support USB wifi cards either. Although I seldom recommend this you can use pretty much any "repeater". Unfortunately they call pretty much any thing repeater/extender/mesh.

What you technically are looking for is a client-bridge. This is a device that act like a client...ie a end device.. and bridges the connection to the ethernet. Many inexpensive routers have this but so called repeater/extenders also can do this.

It is pretty much the devices you talk about but you are going to use your current router for one end and only buy a inexpensive router/externder.

You should be able to fix your ethernet wire. It is very rare for a working ethernet cable to fail. I guess if a rat chews through it. Almost all the failures are on the end. If you have a wall plate remove the plate and pull the wires out cut a small bit off and repunch them down. You really should use a punch down tool but with care a small screw driver will work. Just be very careful to not damage the metal part that bites into the wires. You can also just buy a new keystone from pretty much any home improvement store. Those tend to not require tools to punch the wires down. Just match the wires to the correct locations.

The other option for a "wired" connection other than powerline networks is going to be MoCA. You need coax cables in both location. MoCA can run full gigiabit speeds.

 

[ThundyUK]

Cheers.

Yeh have a router which is WiFI enabled. The NVR isn't WiFi enabled and can't be (it's a self contained CCTV NVR). I can't use any WiFi option to reconnect to it sadly.

No wall plate - it's all laid under the floor/in conduit in walls. The cable is definitely badly broken - I can test it end-to-end and it fails on two pairs, so something probably ate it 🙁

I can't get into the space to replace it - not without doing some serious damage to the room which I'd then need to reinstate for over a grand (£1k+) in materials. And because all the POE cables come from the various cameras into this room to the NVR also can't be moved I'm kind of stuck.

Bad planning on my part really, I should have had the NVR in a more centralised place but I didn't realise at the time.

 

[BFG-9000]

If 100Mbit is enough then you only need 4 wires to be working

You can substitute colors but it's best to use pairs of colors because they are twisted together and that helps reject induced interference.

Since you already have strong wifi signal at the location, the easiest wifi solution would be one of those client bridges that convert wifi to one ethernet jack that are normally used to put ethernet but non-wifi equipped gaming systems such as X-Box or Playstation onto wifi, but that may not end up being faster than 100Mbit.

 

[bill001g]

Buy pretty much any low costs repeater/extender. Almost all routers support what is called WDS and that is what a repeater uses.

If you are sure you have 2 good pairs you can get 100mbps. Generally the orange and green pair are used for 100mbps. I suspect one of those is bad if it does not just work at 100mbps by itself.


So find the first pair of wires that is good and put it on pin 1 and 2 on both ends. Now take the other good pair and hook those to pins 3 and 6 on both ends. This should allow the port to run at 100mbps.

 

[ThundyUK]

If 100Mbit is enough then you only need 4 wires to be working

You can substitute colors but it's best to use pairs of colors because they are twisted together and that helps reject induced interference.

Since you already have strong wifi signal at the location, the easiest wifi solution would be one of those client bridges that convert wifi to one ethernet jack that are normally used to put ethernet but non-wifi equipped gaming systems such as X-Box or Playstation onto wifi, but that may not end up being faster than 100Mbit.

Ooo this is a good thought.
Let me check it out and report back.