Garden room internet connection help

The best way to provide connectivity in a garden room is to run in an external grade ethernet cable from the VM hub out to the garden room. Ideally run in two cables for redundancy/future proofing. In the garden room, install an access point/switch which will give you both wired and wireless connections.

A local electrician who has some data/comm's skills should be able to do it for you.

A powerline should be able to work as long as the sender and receiver are both on the same garden room electrical circuit for best speed. If they are plugged into different electrical circuits, or plugged into power splitter extension leads etc., then the speed will drop significantly.

Did you confirm the Power line adaptors and all related network cables are working when the devices are in the house and close to each other ?

Hi All,

So I've got round to getting an electrician to fit a hard-wired connection from my 3.0 Hub to the outbuilding. 

I've opted for a Cat 7 cable to provide some future proof; would anyone know what I need to do add in to the circuit once it reaches the building.  The electrician has recommended this https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-Ethernet-Controller-EAP610-NEW/dp/B09ZF7HPFB/ref=sr_1_5?crid=CYDSE493KUQL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cdm1dobFBPf25D3JEdKjzISmxy8lC7NYPKPnW6N2bpoikeYC0xXX8Kei9EczbiwclchD4aS89Ik5a827S4hs_xDfdavc4Sn6EHPrlzzKwuu7fKQy3KZw2K_MMa6tUUfbk9ddcklKWoGfzMiB0pE8jj6iw60wZaiB-BzdICBjb1Od8ZN0a-_PNaQ9z2QUNtCSQefDkkuJNmIQ0-Aorbqa4K3sgggkuGzgeaTNqU6l8TY.zlIeteuHm5hW-3skqDO0tlMDMHAMAEcfZof9Anf3VmQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=tp+link+ax1800&qid=1723314414&sprefix=tp+link+ax1%2Caps%2C278&sr=8-5 - would this be suitable? I'm worried it will slow the speed down, but I'm not tech savvy so would welcome advice please

Your speed at your extension router will be the same as wired at the Hub.   WiFi will behave the same as the Hub.  Someone who knows what they're doing might be able to assist with the necessary settings in the new router.

I’ve now had this installed and it works great. Only two things now:

the connection at the garden room is to Tp-Link rather than the virgin hub - is that correct. The issue with that is that my Sonos doesn’t seem to work there

the other thing is that all devices connected to the hub in the home do not connect to the internet (despite being on the wi-Fi connection) except for my TV which works perfectly. Seems to have only happened since installing the additional connection to the garden room. 

What did you install in the end, was it just the AP, or the Router in AP mode?  Have you set the AP in the GR with a static IP outside the DHCP scope of the Hub.  What is the gateway of the AP set to?

Did you set the SSID for both the Garden Room and Hub to be the same, with the same passwords for the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands?

Cat 7 is unnecessary and it's not a ratified standard, Cat 6A would have sufficed for this work.  The pedant in me may have suggested fibre to ensure electrical isolation from the house, but that's expensive and overkill perhaps  😉

Note that the TP-Link must be connected by one of its LAN ports and, having logged into it (with 192.168.0.1 or whatever's on the sticker), you then enable Access Point Mode. This will (correctly) disable DHCP. The TP-Link will now be effectively a wireless access point (WAP) and thus broadcast WiFi as well as providing broadband from its remaining three LAN ports.

If you are concerned that the hub might change the TP-Link's IP address, then you can statically set it - but do it outside the hub's DHCP reservation range.

Hi guys - yes sorry it’s the Ax1800. I’ll have a play with this tomorrow and come back to let you know how I’ve got on. Thanks for your help guys really appreciate it.