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
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
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram