“I need to extend our signal into a metal building 100 feet from our router. Will this help with that? Right now I get no signal at all in there.”
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I think so... I can't tell you for sure that if it will work for you, but I can tell you how mine works. The main is attached to the modem in the front corner of our basement, and I have seven other hubs. (We really only need 5 hubs, but we bought two extras and decided to put them in far corners of the house just to get WiFi boosted outside.) The furthest is more than 110 feet away in our pool house. The signal connecting them goes 28 feet through the utility room wall, basement bathroom, and basement bedroom, then 85 feet outside, and then through the pool house wall. The connection always had a yellow light (meaning weak), so WiFi would work, but it wasn't great in the pool house. (The weak signal is fine for some things, but it wasn't great for Netflix, etc. If you're using it for cameras or irrigation, the "weak signal" might be fine.) To fix that, we added a hub in the basement window, which is 28 feet from the main and 85 feet from the pool house hub. Now, the pool house WiFi is perfect! So, a 100 feet distance may work. I haven't tested this, but, if you are able to run an electric line underground, you should be able to put a hub in the middle (between your main and the metal building) in a small doghouse or irrigation box or something that will keep it dry. I don't think the metal wall will be an issue. The only place that I have an issue is going to a shed that has three sides of 14" poured cement walls underground. The fourth side is a regular wood wall (with door and windows) and diagonally faces the pool house and does pull a signal from that hub, but the signal from the basement window won't go to the shed even though it's less than 30 feet away. I'm not sure if the 14" of cement is the issue or the fact dirt/fill that is between the two, but I have a feeling that it's the cement. I hope that helps!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you got the pair of them and put one of the two in that building connected via ethernet, definitely. If you didn't connect the second one via ethernet cable, then maybe. If you're just getting one to put in the building, it would depend on what your main router is (if it's Linksys and uses the same mesh protocols, yes. If not, then no.)
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hello. Each node of the Linksys MX10600 covers up to 3,000 square feet, and it is best if we use this as the main router so we can optimize its feature. However, we must observe obstructions and interference that may cause issues between your main network and the extended area. We can also have our Escalation Engineers assist you with this further by sending us an email at [email protected] with your contact info and the link of this post for reference.
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