[SOLVED] Connecting to WiFi 300ft away

[evotz]

I'm brainstorming for ideas on how to extend WiFi about 300ft between two neighbors.

The neighbors are relatives and they are open to pursuing this.

Just wondering what my best options are. I've never done a project like this, so I'm not familiar with what equipment I might need. And I'm really just brainstorming for ideas at the moment - just trying to get a handle on what equipment I would need, costs, and just how everything would be hooked up.

I've also thought about just doing a CAT6 cable run between the houses, but there's a small creek between the two houses that might present a problem.

I can almost pick up the WiFi from House A at House B with no extra equipment. But the signal is very, very weak. And it's actually on the wrong side of House B, I would need to use WiFi extenders at House B to get the WiFi to the other side of the house. And that just seems like a house of cards waiting to collapse.

 

[ying0410]

A mobo with WiFi hotspot and a 300ft lan cable. 🆒
or just get their own internet if they wanna keep being good neighbor...

 

[microtank]

Take a look into a directional antennas. Cause you will most likely want the receiving router to be in the center of the house or at least most optimal spot in the house. of the neighbor plus it would give you more control over how much speed is lost while traveling wirelessly. Plus since you will are the gateway, ip address for their internet access, you would need to see how much mbps you are getting in total, especially with only one device connected to it, and then divide what is needed per device. And if your neighbors are computer smart, and not wireless radio wave experts, There is multiple ways of providing a pleasant experience on multiple devices. Plus you have to take into account what you are using, and how many people are using it., and how many devices will be connected to it. I can tell you right now, A cell phone will most likely need probably 2.048 mbps to enjoy wifi. However you'd have to kinda know computers, but videos and software are the biggest bandwidth hogs, however even a cell phone can use all bandwidth for a period of time and convince people the internet went out or it's slow, or getting poor signal. Look into how antennas broadcast based on directional and omni dbi. The dbi diagrams can give you indicator to center the receiving antenna. It's also about what gear you got, depending what is going ot be what and if can broadcast wireless, B, G, N, AC, or AX, and AY. Plus you need to find out what devices need the best signal versus devices that only need some. There's a little more to it, but directional antennas and radio waves is what you want to be looking into. Even a radio wave discussion forum might provide more detailed information on the perfect and cost efficient antenna do this wirelessly. I'd run tests on your current set up with the QoS function on your router/wireless routers and see what works properly or what doesn't. Plus since you are sharing you will most likely want to make sure the bandwidth they are getting is enough for both homes, to make everything function properly. But I ran a funny test, and even I can get 7 devices to run properly on 6 mbps, which in turn, probably could do more, but I lost track of what else could be done due to lack of hardware and humor.

 

[SamirD]

What you need to search for is a 'wireless bridge'. Ubiquiti makes some great products for this purpose like the nanobeam series:
https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airmax-devices/products/nanobeam-5ac-gen2

 

[Blackink]

If the Internet provider is Comcast/Xfinity, get one of these:
xFi Pod

 

[kanewolf]

I'm brainstorming for ideas on how to extend WiFi about 300ft between two neighbors.

The neighbors are relatives and they are open to pursuing this.

Just wondering what my best options are. I've never done a project like this, so I'm not familiar with what equipment I might need. And I'm really just brainstorming for ideas at the moment - just trying to get a handle on what equipment I would need, costs, and just how everything would be hooked up.

I've also thought about just doing a CAT6 cable run between the houses, but there's a small creek between the two houses that might present a problem.

I can almost pick up the WiFi from House A at House B with no extra equipment. But the signal is very, very weak. And it's actually on the wrong side of House B, I would need to use WiFi extenders at House B to get the WiFi to the other side of the house. And that just seems like a house of cards waiting to collapse.

First thing is to verify the terms of service with the ISP. Sharing internet between addresses probably violates the terms of service, which means the service could be terminated.
If you aren't concerned about that, or if you aren't in violation, then a pair of point-to-point wireless bridges is the typical implementation.
You have to have a clear line of sight between the two locations. That doesn't mean you can see through branches of a tree. Clear.
Then a pair of Ubiquiti locoAC (about $50 each) can provide a 100Mbit + link.
You would connect the locoAC at the ISP house with ethernet cable. You would do the same at the 2nd house. Bring the network inside with ethernet cable. You could then add a router at the 2nd house to isolate the house from the first.