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WiFi to Detached Garage (alien.top)

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My house has a detached garage and the new garage door opener can be opened remotely with WiFi access. Unfortunately, it seems like the opener has a terrible antenna, so even though our phones can get signal much further than the garage, the opener’s connection is intermittent.

I’m running an Eero 6+ with a wired backend setup in the house and have a spare Eero 6 Extender that I’m not currently using. I’ve thought about throwing that out there to see if it would help, but I’m in the American Midwest so we get sub-zero winters and 100+ degree summers. The garage is uninsulated, so I’m concerned the temperature would wreck the extender.

I get that I could dig a trench and run a wired solution, but that’s more effort than I’m really wanting to put into fixing one crappy device.

Anyone have any suggestions or experience with a similar issue? Would the extender survive cold winters and hot summers?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I did ubiquity point to point radios (nanostation ac loco 5) for my detached garage and another set for my barn. They have been solid in all weather conditions Maine has thrown at them for over two years now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We use NSM devices extensively throughout the Far North Queensland Wet Tropics Rainforest, with monsoonal rains, 38c plus temperatures with high humidity and they don't miss a beat.

The biggest problem we have is that the trees grow in to their transmission path and need pruning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used TP-Link units out to our garage that is ~100' away from the house, but same concept and it's been working very well. Maybe a bit overkill if the garage is directly adjacent to the house, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have had TR-Link Deco Wi-Fi Mesh nodes in my detached, un-heated, garage for many years, with no problems.

I live in N/W Ohio where it occasionally gets down to 0˚F for days on end and in the Summer it can get well over 100˚F.

The Eero 6 has Operating temperature range of; 0˚C- 40˚C / 32˚F - 104˚F. That is the exact same specs as my TP-Link Deco XE75Pro. You should have no problems.

Here's hoping that the distance and construction allows a good signal and connection to the nearest Eero node.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

If the extender is just gathering dust anyway, I would just try it. It's not rated for freezing or very hot weather, but I don't think neither the cold or hot weather will really damage it as long as it is inside the garage, protected from rain etc. No guarantees though.

Or pick up the cheapest wifi repeater you can find and use that.