[SOLVED] Bringing WiFi to shed in backyard ?

[jack031700]

I have shed in the backyard that is 200+ feet from my access point in my house. I want to bring a wifi connection out there to play music, watch videos etc as there is no cell service. What is my best method of accomplishing this? An ethernet cable run out to the shed would be difficult and might be too far away. I've looked into Powerline networking but I don't have a circuit that strictly connects the shed in the backyard to the main service panel, as in the circuit is shared by other things. Any ideas that would be economical? Thank you

 

[gggplaya]

I have shed in the backyard that is 200+ feet from my access point in my house. I want to bring a wifi connection out there to play music, watch videos etc as there is no cell service. What is my best method of accomplishing this? An ethernet cable run out to the shed would be difficult and might be too far away. I've looked into Powerline networking but I don't have a circuit that strictly connects the shed in the backyard to the main service panel, as in the circuit is shared by other things. Any ideas that would be economical? Thank you

You don't need a dedicated circuit to the shed. I have a detached garage and have a 100amp circuit breaker that runs to the garage sub panel. The sub panel of the garage has a 100amp disconnect and 6 other breakers for lights, garage door openers and outlets around the garage. I use powerline just fine and am getting about 30-50mbps. I watch netflix and youtube while working on my car or other projects as well has have a security camera running 24/7.

The shed just needs to be connected to the main house panel. It can't be a separate circuit from the power utility.

If that for some reason doesn't work, you can get a Ubiquiti point to point wifi bridge. Just buy 2 of these, pair them, then point them at each other: https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airmax-and-ltu/products/litebeam-5ac-gen2 You'll also need a wifi access point for the shed too.

 

[Krotow]

The shed just needs to be connected to the main house panel. It can't be a separate circuit from the power utility.

Yep.

Also if he want a little faster speed and have two 5 GHz WiFi routers around, he can put directional antennas on them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna