WiFi in garage for Camera

[golf20vT]

Hi,

We have a detached garage which we want to use a couple of Blink cameras

we have a hub 4 and 2 x pods around the house, however we think we need either another pod or repeater? (the garage is probably 50 yards from the house) any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks 

[Anonymous]

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

[Carley_S]

Hi @golf20vT

Welcome back to the community!
Do any of the options @Cardiffman281sound like a possible way forward for your Blink camera set up? We might be able to look at another Pod for you if you wanted to try this, but I cannot guarantee that this would give a strong stable connection or reach the area needed. You can have up to 3 Pods for your service. 

Let me know if you prefer to try one of the other options in the thread or another Pod.

[jbrennand]

TBH wifi over that distance might be flaky especially if its raining or snowing 🙂

The best way is always to run some external grade Cat6a ethernet cable from the Hub out into the garden and down to the garage and just attach a wireless access point on the end of it to provide wifi and ethernet connectivity.

Ethernet is good for up to 100m and the cable can be buried (use conduit) or attached to fences/walls etc

[Tudor]

I presume you are going to use WiFi cameras for security reasons. They are not very good for security as WiFi is so easy to jam, you should always use wired cameras. WiFi cameras give a false sense of security.

[Tudor]

I presume you are going to use WiFi cameras for security reasons. They are not very good for security as WiFi is so easy to jam, you should always use wired cameras. You will also find that many cheap WiFi cameras "call home" to China all the time and you have no idea what they are sending back. WiFi cameras give a false sense of security.