Garden room internet connection help

[CF10]

Hi All

I need some advice getting an internet connection in to a garden room, which is about 30-40 feet away from my home. I used to be able to get a relatively decent connection (i.e. 18-30 mbps) via a Powerline Adapter (TP-Link) however for some reason that no longer works. I purchased a second one from Amazon recently thinking the original model was faulty but still no luck. I've ordered a wi-fi pod from virgin, although suspect this won't solve the issue as one wi-fi pod unlikely to cover that reach. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I overcome this, as the room is pretty much unusable 😞 

[goslow]

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.

[Client62]

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 ?

[CF10]

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=CYDSE4... - would this be suitable? I'm worried it will slow the speed down, but I'm not tech savvy so would welcome advice please

[carl_pearce]

Do you need any wired connections in the outbuilding?

Something like this in access point mode gives you both wireless and wired connections:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-HomeShield-Compatible-Archer-AX53/dp/B09TPKT929

[Sephiroth]

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.

[CF10]

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. 

[Adduxi]

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  😉

[CF10]

Installed the Ax1800 Tp link. I’ve not done anything with the settings on the TP link other than set a security password. I have very little tech knowledge or what AP etc is. I’ll have a look at changing some of those settings you mention

[carl_pearce]

You need to access the settings of the TP Link and put it in access point mode.

Currently you have two routers fighting against each other.