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[Ghen44]

Hi, first time post. 

I'm currently in the process of making part of my garage into a home office, the garage it not attached to the house and I need to get a reliable internet connection into the garage.  I have superhub 3 and I'm wondering what the best solution is?  I'm thinking of taking a ethernet cable from my router to the garage (25m run of cable) and then adding a 8 port network switch and a wireless router.

Thanks in advance for the help👍

[Anonymous]

Some ideas here https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Networking-and-WiFi/WiFi-for-garage/m-p/4977060 

[SonarUK]

Corrugated Wire Tube Cable Protection (5m £12) tape joints.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corrugated-Protection-Flexible-Tubing-Trunking/dp/B084RBJ2X1

UGREEN Ethernet Cable CAT 8 Ethernet Cable (£30)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085198W4W

NETGEAR 8 Port Gigabit Network Switch GS308 (£15)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Internet-Splitter/dp/B07PWHGQSS

Asus RT-AX55 Wi-Fi 6 AX1800 Dual-band Mesh Wi-Fi system Router (£88)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/RT-AX55-Dual-band-MU-MIMO-AiProtection-Adaptive/dp/B08CBC9B7X


The cables are a decent brand and cat 8 thickness for weather proofing in a protective casing.
You can probably save a few pounds buying a cheaper router ive just listed the cheapest AX wifi 6 asus brand.

you have that option or trying the latest mesh system
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-ZenWiFi-AX-Whole-Home-XT8/dp/B082T48132

[Ghen44]

Thanks for that, I assume I would need to put my hub into modem mode and use the new router?

[jbrennand]

You dont need a wifi router per se... a wireless access point would be good enough... and one with 4 ports would mean you wont need the switch (if 3 extra ports is enough) Below is an example.

But if you already have a wifi router to use - make sure you put it into "Bridge" or "Access Point" mode as you dont want 2 devices doing the routing on one connection - issues will arise.

Cat8 cable is probably overkill, Cat6e/7 will be fine - just make sure it has the extra "shielding" from crosstalk and interference.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-Wireless-Access-Business-WAC104-100UKS/dp/B01LWUJU8H/

[SonarUK]

modem mode not needed if your only wanting to put the router in ap mode.

test it and if the hub starts throwing a wobbly then start thinking about a better third party router to sit next to the hub.

[jbrennand]

Ghen44 is reporting no wifi issues from the Hub - all they require is reliable internet in the garage.

You and I have provided good options for that.

[nas12388]

hi just had a question, if i bought this netgear wireless access point and set it it with my hub, could i still use all the LAN ports on the hub and the the access point box at same time ? and the access point box would assign IP address to the LAN ports being used