how do i extend home network to a garage correctly with wifi?

Question

I got a adsl modem/router with wifi in a house, everythings good there. Can I run a direct burial ethernet from that router to a garage located 100 ft away, how do I make the wifi stronger in the garage? If I add a 2nd router wont that kind of make it slower since it goes through 2? then they are also 2 seperate networks which I dont want really either. can I add a repeater router that i can plug ethernet into it for it to rebroadcast the same ssid? or can i not broadcast the same ssid in the garage as the house?

goal: to have strong wifi in garage. it can connect to the house from the garage barely right now. just want it done correctly so its just as responsive as in the house.

Answer 1

a repeater will serve no purpose if the input signal is weak. you can daisy chain two routers together using a lan cable and you would obviously get TWO separate wifi signals then(the 2nd router must be a router normally used in combination with a DSL modem so it has a 5th lan port for Internet which you would now just connect to the first router to provide internet passthrough). Giving them the same name would be a kind of daft idea but you can do it. It is wise to avoid interference to choose different channel numbers. Apps are available that show your local area and the Wifi channels in use by Wifi signals nearby, helping you to choose the BEST free wifi channel number. a lan cable will go 500 metres before it needs a booster. if you have a Power cable already underground, then you can use a Power line adapter to make the signal use the power cables instead.

Answer 2

Just to add a few things:

- unless you're running an optical cable, you should add an ethernet isolator somewhere in there (may not be exactly necessary if the power+ground for the AP in the garage is run from the same distribution box and thriugh the same cable run as p+g for the main router)

- check that you don't exceed the maximum cable length for your specific cable type. Both Cat5 and Cat6 specify a maximum length of 100 meters (300 odd feet).

Answer 3

3 real options:



Best plan: Run ethernet into garage and install an Access Point. Same SSID. Best connection possible.

Decent Plan: Use a Powerline Adapter to run internet to the garage (get the set that has an Access Point on the end module).

Ugh plan: Buy an extender. Know it won't work well, but it's cheap and will sorta get you a decent signal in the garage.

Answer 4

If yiu have power in the garage run a powerline wifi extender to the garage.