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

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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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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Without looking at any equipment/kits first I'd suggest your viewership of videos from Cross Talk Solutions. I've included a few...

Wireless design for a log cabin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkMQ3ynHcW8
Grecian port wireless design - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr6ehNyqddI
Lakehouse installation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-bDxMgvG1I
6 mile rural point to point link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esw8435oPN0
35 km point to point link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEQgvMdkTf4

Some aspects that would come to mind:

Yes it's a farm which I'd expect to be mostly flat but what's the gradient/slope?
With respect to the above any obstacles around the buildings or along the line of sight?
If they are you may have to seek the tallest building/tower in your area that beams/bounces the network around... so does costs of equipment required for such distances & fees for placing your equipment on their property...

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