I want to extend my Wifi 1/4 mile.

[mtgoanchorman]

I live one block from my office building where I work and there isn't much in the way of walls between the buildings. I am about a quarter mile away from work and I live on the first floor, work is on the 5th floor. I have an Asus AC routed right now but want my signal to extend to work to avoid any loss of wifi at work. Any recommendations on hardware to do this?

 

[smorizio]

if it one pc at work and not the whole building you could do the coffee can or long range wifi tricks.
there a lot of youtube video on how to do it.

 

[mtgoanchorman]

i want my phone to be able to pick up my home signal

 

[TJ Hooker]

Pretty sure you'd need to set up directional antennas at both your office and home. And then also have a wireless router at home.

Trying to steal internet from your office seems kinda sketchy...

 

[mtgoanchorman]

no....i am trying to send my home signal to my office so i can use my home internet at work!!!

i can only boost the signal from my place!

 

[TJ Hooker]

Oh, I see. Well, again, I think you'd need directional antennas if you want to go that far, unless you can run a cable part of the way somehow. Or maybe some string of repeaters or something, but that seems even more impractical.

Even if you could just boost your home wifi signal high enough to reach your office, your phone's signal wouldn't be strong enough make it back.

I think something like a VPN could let you access your home network from work, but I don't know much about that. And I think that would depend on your office's network settings to determine if that's even possible.

 

[USAFRet]

no....i am trying to send my home signal to my office so i can use my home internet at work!!!

i can only boost the signal from my place!

You will need powerful directionals on both ends.

Think of it like this....
At your home, you have a very large man, with a very loud bullhorn. You can hear him 1/4 mile away.
At work, you have a small timid 6 year old. You can hear her in the next building over, maybe.
Not gonna work for any conversation.

WiFi is a two way discussion. Transmit and receive at both ends.