- Feb 23, 2016
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Here is the issue: my in-laws have a vacation home and on the back side of the property is a small cottage that they rent in the summer. The issue is that Verizon will not hardwire the cottage (plus my MIL doesn't want to pay for internet when the house is not in house 3/4 of the year). As a result, we are trying to come up with a solution to get a signal up there. We've considered devices that convert LTE to wifi but there is very little cellular signal at the cottage so that was a non-starter. We've also tried range extenders but the signals are typically too weak and/or the devices are just too finicky and stop working half the time.
Here is a pic of the distance between the houses: http://imgur.com/k53MHgU Maybe about 50 yards between existing router placement and the cottage. Red arrow is router placement, blue is where it needs to get.
We are going to try upgrading router to a surfboard and pairing it with Netgear EX6200 (wirecutter pick). The biggest issue is that the extender has to be in the big house because the only building in between is a small shed that is not wired for power.
Any thoughts? Is there a better way to do this? Is Verizon required to hardwire the cottage if requested? If so, will they let us turn off internet from Sept to May?
Thanks in advance.
-FATS
Here is a pic of the distance between the houses: http://imgur.com/k53MHgU Maybe about 50 yards between existing router placement and the cottage. Red arrow is router placement, blue is where it needs to get.
We are going to try upgrading router to a surfboard and pairing it with Netgear EX6200 (wirecutter pick). The biggest issue is that the extender has to be in the big house because the only building in between is a small shed that is not wired for power.
Any thoughts? Is there a better way to do this? Is Verizon required to hardwire the cottage if requested? If so, will they let us turn off internet from Sept to May?
Thanks in advance.
-FATS