Point to point wireless bridge

[BrokenBiker]

I now have a need for fairly decent WiFi in the shed.

Currently, with the doors open I can get a connection, but doors shut and it's gone.

So as I see it options are either a 30 meter ethernet cable, or a point to point system but my question is, if using a point to point, will the printer still be on the same network?

I have a wifi extender, but that requires you to connect to its network, not the same network as the router...ideally I only want 1 network with everything on it, so my original home network, just with better signal strength in the shed for the 3d printer.

Not something I'm massively familiar with and if it seems a faff I will just get a cable and run it hard wired.

 

[OJCar]

just get a cable and run it hard wired

This.
Simplest way of it being one flat LAN for you.
I.E.

1 network with everything on it

 

[Domdom]

WiFi extenders are very simple. Turn it on, put it in repeater mode, give it the credentials to the main WiFi and Robert’s your father’s brother, as they say.

Same LAN, the main router still gives out the DHCP address.

 

[BrokenBiker]

WiFi extenders are very simple. Turn it on, put it in repeater mode, give it the credentials to the main WiFi and Robert’s your father’s brother, as they say.

Same LAN, the main router still gives out the DHCP address.

My extender doesn't have a repeater mode, has very little in the way if features apart from scan or off

 

[BrokenBiker]

This.
Simplest way of it being one flat LAN for you.
I.E.

Cable it is then. I would quite like a bulletproof connection for monitoring purposes

 

[voipio]

The sort of point to point microwave link in the link below (KuWfi), when plugged into the broadband router's Ethernet port, appears to the network as a long Ethernet cable connected to the router i.e. it doesn't itself appear on the network, as such. Anything plugged into the Ethernet port on the link unit at the far end thinks it's connected by Ethernet cable to the router. The only thing it can't do is send PoE power to the far end. The other useful feature is that the units can be configured to act as WiFi access points, so no need to add further access point hardware to the far end. The access points of the units in the link are 5GHz, though, so if your devices at the far end only support 2.4GHz WiFi, you would need to get the 2.4GHz version of the KuWfi system.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/KuWFi-Wireless-Supports-Transmission-Distance/dp/B07Z4R827X

 

[RWD3M]

I've an approx 30m Cat5e run from the router in the house to a double RJ45 outlet in the workshop, works a treat. Run inside 20mm conduit and mostly underground.

 

[BrokenBiker]

Cheers all, I think I may go with voipio's suggestion first, as running the cable and keeping it hidden and protected is it's own challenge (has to cross a gate with thick concrete underneath) but if for some reason that doesn't work then it will get a cable and be done with it

 

[julianf]

I've got mesh wireless in the house, running off powerline between the wireless points.

Means the whole house is covered wirelessly (it's not a massive house but the wireless is rubbish from just a single point). The powerline stuff is invisible, as it's just between the mesh points.

All devices see it as the same network.

 

[sako243]

Tplink do some directional point to point links. I've got one set up between the office and the house, that stuff appears on the same network when you configure it as such.

My issue was a bit too far for normal WiFi extenders (this one is good for 15km apparently). I will run a cable at some point when I finish extending the ducting.

 

[reb78]

Tplink do some directional point to point links. I've got one set up between the office and the house, that stuff appears on the same network when you configure it as such.

My issue was a bit too far for normal WiFi extenders (this one is good for 15km apparently). I will run a cable at some point when I finish extending the ducting.

What have you got Ed? My deco system only just reaches my office. Could do with something better tbh.

 

[sako243]

What have you got Ed? My deco system only just reaches my office. Could do with something better tbh.

TP Link CPE 210. They're actually using WiFi rather than the long range protocol but they've got directional antennae and are pointed at each other.

 

[Turbo]

I have the house and yard covered with an Eero mesh wifi setup. I have been very impressed by the coverage in all the farm buildings as well as outside.

 

[8ob]

I did the to TP link thing between the workshop and office, about 60mts and it worked well. Only reason I changed to cable was line of sight in my place could be broken by high sided vehicles coming in and out.

Bob