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Will pod work in the garden for a Zwift hub?

Meady1
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Hi, I want Wi-Fi in the garden approximate 70 feet away from the house , will a pod work?

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Andrew-G
Alessandro Volta

Might do, but signal between hub and pod would be ropey at that distance, so chances are you'd need to run an ethernet cable from the hub to the pod (so long as the pod is one of the two-port models).  If you've already got a pod already, try it wireless see if it works.  If that doesn't work reliably then you are into questions about how to run a (net) 100 feet of outdoor grade ethernet cable between hub and the pod's location, possibly passing through various walls, and with whatever protection or burial arrangements are appropriate to the cable's position.  All of which is much easier said than done.  If that's impractical for you, then see if you can use mobile data and hotspot off your phone?

You could try a powerline network adaptor if the (assumed) outbuilding has a power supply, but those often struggle unless the two units are on the same ring circuit, and it would be an unusual setup to have the outbuilding sharing the same circuit as part of the house.

Tudor
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I doubt it. A pod should be equi-distance from the VM hub and the target, not practical in your instance. Best to run or get an etectrician to run some external grade Ethernet cable. Have a search around the board, there are lots of people who have done it.


Tudor
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