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grahamsmythe's avatar
grahamsmythe
On our wavelength
2 months ago

Extending WiFi

I live in quite a large six bedroom house and have a VM Hub 5 downstairs with three WiFi pods dotted around the house and now get a good signal pretty much everywhere inside.

At the bottom of our garden (100mts away) I have a workshop where I go most evenings, but the WiFi doesn't reach that far, but it is relatively easy to run an underground ethernet cable directly from the VM Hub 5 down to the workshop.

Trouble is, I don't want an ethernet connection down there, I really want WiFi so my phone will connect to it.

Is there anyway to extend our existing WiFi down there if I were to buy another WiFi pod, or should I just buy a something to create an entirely separate WiFi network down there with a new name, and if so, what should I buy?

  • Tudor's avatar
    Tudor
    Very Insightful Person
    2 months ago

    There are to options:

    1) if you want WiFi and an Ethernet connection, either a cheap retail router, but run in bridge mode or a small network switch and a WiFi access point.

    2) if you just want WiFi then a WiFi access point.

    if you choose option 2) you could always add a small network switch at a later date if you need it.

    Another point is that Ethernet cable is cheap so it’s best to run two for redundancy sake. A lot simpler that having to do it all again if the original one fails.

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person
    2 months ago

    To add to Tudor  advice, make the SSID and passwords for the workshop’s Access Point the same as the existing VM Hub’s.  

    • Tudor's avatar
      Tudor
      Very Insightful Person
      2 months ago

      Adduxi is right. Although there is one thing to consider when you set up the WAP. The SSIDs, 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz on the VM hub have a single name so be sure to set it up like this.