on 14-11-2020 23:57
Hi everyone,
I’ve just installed a garden office with cat 7 Ethernet. But I would also like WiFi. I have a Hub 4 in the front of the house and a virgin WiFi booster at the back, garden end. The office is approx 25m from the booster. I wanted to try another virgin booster but they are impossible to contact, so considering buying a different brand(eg. Netgear) or a mesh solution. Could anyone advise please?
Thanks!
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15-11-2020 00:13 - edited 15-11-2020 00:13
The very best option would be to run a length of Cat 6 external ethernet cable from the Hub to the garden office with a gigabit enabled Wi-Fi router on the office end set as a wireless access point.
on 15-11-2020 08:17
Not to mention that low-brow booster solutions probably won't work as the garden office is likely to be on its own electrical circuit, and powerline booster perform badly or not at all when trying to link across different circuits.
15-11-2020 00:13 - edited 15-11-2020 00:13
The very best option would be to run a length of Cat 6 external ethernet cable from the Hub to the garden office with a gigabit enabled Wi-Fi router on the office end set as a wireless access point.
on 15-11-2020 08:17
Not to mention that low-brow booster solutions probably won't work as the garden office is likely to be on its own electrical circuit, and powerline booster perform badly or not at all when trying to link across different circuits.
on 15-11-2020 13:33
on 15-11-2020 13:40
I have one of these at home running on either end of a mains cable to the shed and have used them on cable runs of up to 40m to run building site CCTV cameras and site WiFi.
15-11-2020 13:45 - edited 15-11-2020 13:56
@grumpy_ol_man wrote:I have one of these at home running on either end of a mains cable to the shed and have used them on cable runs of up to 40m to run building site CCTV cameras and site WiFi.
Depending on the expected speed those specific adapters have 100Mbps ethernet sockets, so you won't make the most out of faster connections.
Powerline adapters never perform to their advertised speeds.
I suppose it depends on your expectations.
To the OP: Access points like below have been recommended in previous threads:
They serve as both wireless and wired access, depending on the kit in use.
You could even set the same SSID and password/key as the HUB 4, assuming its out of range in the garden office, so the connection should be 'seamless'.
EDIT: Re-reading your post I'm assuming the CAT 7 cable has been run from your home to the garden office?
on 15-11-2020 14:07