Question Wireless to Guest house

[SoBama]

Hello,

We live in a rural location. In our main house we have DSL bringing in internet and TV. We are building a guest house inside our all-metal, former RV garage. I'm wondering if we can share our internet access with the guest house. My first thought was wireless connection.

Our set-up - the closest side of the guest house is about 180 feet from the router, the router is in house, The DSL bill is for their fastest service which they show as 10 MEG. We have one wired outlet only so router will not be moved. The router provides for a TV and when we've had 6 people inside on smart phones the TV rarely has any hesitation. I'm rather impressed because the router is an old Comtrend AR 5312u that probably came to this house in 2018. To get to the guest house the signal from the router would go through one wall, an open double doorway, through a window lined sunroom, through an open carport then 120 feet to the metal building. We're wondering if we can use some wireless method to share WiFi signal with the guest house. If powerline adapters could work I'm hoping a WiFi router in the guest house would provide for TV and 2 - 4 smartphones.

Power setup - electricity comes to the meter at the house, goes through the Generac (generator) breaker box, then to a main breaker box - on the left side is a double breaker for the inside house panel (240V for dryer), on the right side is a double breaker for the guest house breaker box (240V for RV plug we are keeping). There is also a breaker box in the guest house.

I guess these are the questions -
1 - can the incoming bandwidth (10 MEG) coming to our house handle 2 TV's and a whole bunch of phones?
2 - how can I find out if powerline adapters will work? (Don't they work best if on same circuit?)
3 - are there better wireless ways we could make this work?

Thank you very much for your time and suggestions!

SoBama

 

[cruisetung]

1. 10Mbps is simply too low https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/78358?hl=en
2. Whether powerline will work totally depends on your house circuits, no one will know until you install it.
3. Outdoor direct burial ethernet

You will need a pair of wireless bridges installed on the outside of both the house and guest house and wire into the inside if you insist using wifi

 

[kanewolf]

Hello,

We live in a rural location. In our main house we have DSL bringing in internet and TV. We are building a guest house inside our all-metal, former RV garage. I'm wondering if we can share our internet access with the guest house. My first thought was wireless connection.

Our set-up - the closest side of the guest house is about 180 feet from the router, the router is in house, The DSL bill is for their fastest service which they show as 10 MEG. We have one wired outlet only so router will not be moved. The router provides for a TV and when we've had 6 people inside on smart phones the TV rarely has any hesitation. I'm rather impressed because the router is an old Comtrend AR 5312u that probably came to this house in 2018. To get to the guest house the signal from the router would go through one wall, an open double doorway, through a window lined sunroom, through an open carport then 120 feet to the metal building. We're wondering if we can use some wireless method to share WiFi signal with the guest house. If powerline adapters could work I'm hoping a WiFi router in the guest house would provide for TV and 2 - 4 smartphones.

Power setup - electricity comes to the meter at the house, goes through the Generac (generator) breaker box, then to a main breaker box - on the left side is a double breaker for the inside house panel (240V for dryer), on the right side is a double breaker for the guest house breaker box (240V for RV plug we are keeping). There is also a breaker box in the guest house.

I guess these are the questions -
1 - can the incoming bandwidth (10 MEG) coming to our house handle 2 TV's and a whole bunch of phones?
2 - how can I find out if powerline adapters will work? (Don't they work best if on same circuit?)
3 - are there better wireless ways we could make this work?

Thank you very much for your time and suggestions!

SoBama

Metal RV garage means wireless doesn't penetrate. Building means you can put the cost of pulling a a cable (or fiber) into the built-out cost. That is the best answer. At least an ethernet cable, buried with conduit. Better yet, a pair of fiber in a conduit.

 

[SoBama]

Ooooo - not what I wanted to read! I was hoping there would be a way to test for compatibility!

Thank you for your time however!

 

[kanewolf]

Ooooo - not what I wanted to read! I was hoping there would be a way to test for compatibility!

Thank you for your time however!

You could put a wireless bridge on the OUTSIDE and bring the network inside via cable. Will that work? I can't predict that.
If you put a pair of wireless links on the outside of the house AND the outside of the RV garage, then THAT I can guarantee will work....
A PAIR of Ubiquit nano 5AC -- https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-wireless/products/loco5ac One on the OUTSIDE of the house and one on the OUTSIDE of the garage, pointing at each other. THAT will work, assuming there is an unobstructed line of sight.