Wireless camera 2.4ghz

[bayside30]

Our farm has wireless cameras 2.4 ghz located in one of our barns, so at birthing time we can watch from our tv in the house. I added a 2.4 ghz yagi antenna to the receiver and increased our distance from 150 ft to over 450 ft. My question is , can I add a repeater between the too and increase the distance to even farther yet.?

 

[boosted1g]

A repeater is one of those devices that are only good on paper, and not in practice.

A repeater has to receive the signal from the source, and then rebroadcast it to the client devices. This creates a large delay and reduces the bandwidth in half. For something like an IP camera, this would become almost useless.

What you can do is create a dual radio setup. Have one device as a bridge (receives data from source) conncted via ethernet to another device as a access point.
Ubiquiti makes a device that can be used for either purpose, called a ubiquiti bullet.
http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-BULLET-M2-HP-Outdoor-802-11-M2HP/dp/B002SYS22E

They make devices with their own integrated antennas, but I like the bullets more because you can use your own seperate antenna so when your needs change you just change the antenna.

So you would need 2 of these bullets, 2 antennas, an ethernet cable and of course power at the locaiton.

There might be a better way of utilizing equipment, but just as a completely seperate inbetween device this is your best option.