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Extending WiFi to detached garage (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello I’m looking to extend my wifi range from my home to my detached garage so I can stream movies/sports in there. Any advice on what to use?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I recently did the same.

I went with an omada mesh network. I mounted an AP in the house, a pan in the garage, and an outdoor AP on the side of the house. The outdoor unit was key.

If you run a cable you have to also make sure the two buildings have a shared ground or use fiber optic cable, otherwise your Ethernet becomes the shared ground.