Good morning. I am trying to decide on a solution for my father's rural small farm. He does not get any sort of actual high speed INTERNET out there. I have tried calling every possible solution (Canada here), and really the only option, which we went for, is using a Fido Hotspot device. It's got its own data plan/SIM card. It's a small device, he can connect 10 devices to it, works like a router really. Anyhow here is my problem.
The device sits in his "small office" in the main house. His barn is like freaking 200 feet away at least, maybe more. His workshop is 110 feet the other way. Christ. He spends most of his day back and forth. My mom is back at the house where the internet hotspot is smack in the middle of the workshop and barn. They insist on the hotspot thingy staying in the main house, which makes sense but my dad wants to have internet in his workshop and then have access at the barn as well... grr.
How do i get the wireless signal from the main house to reach all the way to workshop and barn? I tried walking around with my cell looking to see if i could pick up the wireless signal and maybe I could see it from the 110 foot away but that was spotty at best. And nada at the barn.
My options so far are:
The Fido Hotspot device has two slots for some sort of external antennas. I googled it and on ebay found a few options which some are directional some are wide coverage. I am not sure if I should get two of these external antennas. Here is one of them:
or
[URL="http://www.amazon.ca/Wireless-internet-External-Magnetic-Antenna/dp/B005SLV8MA/ref=pd_sbs_107_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=21cUbEOp6yL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR120%2C160_&refRID=0AVX41XH33HCT3CPD6AH"]
What I don't understand and I apologize for being dense, are these to increase the range the device SENDS out (so to connect devices which is what I want) or are these antennas to RECEIVE a better cell signal for the device??
OR should I buy an additional router (which I am told should be a repeater or an access point not sure which or if that is the same). I went to my local computer store and the dude there said buy a good AC repeater/router and place it mid way. Mid way is in a field or do I buy two repeaters? So do I run a power cord out 150 feet out in the field and build something to protect it from the winter and snow?
I just don't know.
What about somehow connecting the hotspot to a switch/router and running 100 feet and then 200+ feet of network cable to the workshop and barn?? LOL. Can i just do that?? can Ethernet cable go that far? If I could do that it might be better even cheaper. I would need to bloody bury the wires though. Sigh.
Last summer I was at a fishing camp for a week. The main office had a dinky Dlink router and our cottage that we rented was freaking far away and i could get wireless. The guy there told me his dlink wireless router is nothing fancy. How the heck was he getting such coverage? it's pretty much what I want to do for my dad.
The device sits in his "small office" in the main house. His barn is like freaking 200 feet away at least, maybe more. His workshop is 110 feet the other way. Christ. He spends most of his day back and forth. My mom is back at the house where the internet hotspot is smack in the middle of the workshop and barn. They insist on the hotspot thingy staying in the main house, which makes sense but my dad wants to have internet in his workshop and then have access at the barn as well... grr.
How do i get the wireless signal from the main house to reach all the way to workshop and barn? I tried walking around with my cell looking to see if i could pick up the wireless signal and maybe I could see it from the 110 foot away but that was spotty at best. And nada at the barn.
My options so far are:
The Fido Hotspot device has two slots for some sort of external antennas. I googled it and on ebay found a few options which some are directional some are wide coverage. I am not sure if I should get two of these external antennas. Here is one of them:
or
[URL="http://www.amazon.ca/Wireless-internet-External-Magnetic-Antenna/dp/B005SLV8MA/ref=pd_sbs_107_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=21cUbEOp6yL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR120%2C160_&refRID=0AVX41XH33HCT3CPD6AH"]
What I don't understand and I apologize for being dense, are these to increase the range the device SENDS out (so to connect devices which is what I want) or are these antennas to RECEIVE a better cell signal for the device??
OR should I buy an additional router (which I am told should be a repeater or an access point not sure which or if that is the same). I went to my local computer store and the dude there said buy a good AC repeater/router and place it mid way. Mid way is in a field or do I buy two repeaters? So do I run a power cord out 150 feet out in the field and build something to protect it from the winter and snow?
I just don't know.
What about somehow connecting the hotspot to a switch/router and running 100 feet and then 200+ feet of network cable to the workshop and barn?? LOL. Can i just do that?? can Ethernet cable go that far? If I could do that it might be better even cheaper. I would need to bloody bury the wires though. Sigh.
Last summer I was at a fishing camp for a week. The main office had a dinky Dlink router and our cottage that we rented was freaking far away and i could get wireless. The guy there told me his dlink wireless router is nothing fancy. How the heck was he getting such coverage? it's pretty much what I want to do for my dad.
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