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UK: We need wifi across our farm, how? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by pinkpeechesl@alien.top [B] to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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We live on a farm. There is one residential house with a hub inside. This has two Ethernet cables running underground to an office building and a portacabin in separate locations, which then connects to little hubs which extend the WiFi into those buildings.

We now want more WiFi to reach another area even further away. This is so we can run CCTV cameras. If it’s not possible we will have to get SIM card cameras and pay monthly.

But, before we do, what else can we do? I don’t think we should really be running anymore Ethernet cables off the existing hub elsewhere as, could it overload it? It just seems a lot for one residential hub.

Could we get openreach to do something?

Any ideas PLEASE throw them my way!

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[–] Maulz123@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

You can run lots of ethernet cables without a problem it doesn't dilute the existing outputs you can even add something called an ethernet switch to add more. They do external wifi access points you can stick on a pole outside to cover an area. It's best for speed to run those off an ethernet cable. You can power them through the same ethernet cable as well to simplify installation cabling. Its only when you want to run very long cables +300mtrs you might need alternatives.

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