I need to connect my Windows 10 machine with a device in the garage that connects to the solar panels to monitor performance. Problem: The manufacturer states that their device is designed such that the wireless must be within two feet to communicate. It can connect with a cable.
Additional point: I am installing an Arduino in the garage to monitor the air handler to see how the air conditioning system is working. One Ethernet connection. The two boxes are a good 20 feet apart when following the walls.
I see two options.
Because of ignorance in option 1, I tend to the second, but then again, 1 might be more simple than I suspect.
What is the advice of someone that has connected multiple wireless routers via their wireless transport?
Additional point: I am installing an Arduino in the garage to monitor the air handler to see how the air conditioning system is working. One Ethernet connection. The two boxes are a good 20 feet apart when following the walls.
I see two options.
- Put a wireless router in the garage. I don’t know how to configure the wireless such that my computer goes from wired connection to the first router, over wireless to the second wireless router, and from there to a particular address such as 172.30.1.1 Note that this is not a 168 address but I presume that it is accessible without changing options on the router/switch. I have read the posting prohibition about IP addresses but this is a LAN address and I suspect, and hope, not visible via my ISP connection.
- Route a hard cable out through the wall/ceiling to the garage and down to a switch in the garage. Much simpler in concept but a hole in the wall, wire through the wall, up to the ceiling inside the wall, and out to the garage. That also means a hole through the 2/4 at the top of the wall, wade through the insulation, and another hole through the ceiling of the garage.
Because of ignorance in option 1, I tend to the second, but then again, 1 might be more simple than I suspect.
What is the advice of someone that has connected multiple wireless routers via their wireless transport?
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