“Range What is the Range for this unit as I live in the country and want to provide wifi to my pole barn / work shop that is 80 yards from the house? Do I need a range extender kit with a receiver / booster in the pole barn ?? Thank you”
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You probably will need some device in the barn, depending on where the router is placed and what's between the router and wherever you will use it in the pole barn. My recommendation is to bury an Ethernet cable between the router and the barn and put a smaller router like Netgear's N900 router (which you configure in bridged mode to be a Wireless Access Point) in the barn to provide the signal you need. The router you buy for the barn will be dictated by the size of the barn and where you need the signal to be strong. You can buy bulk 500' Ethernet wire in a box (you'll need to buy the plenum cable, not the riser). You'll also need to put cable ends on it, but it is the most reliable connection you can have between two buildings on a farm. The main issue with a wireless range extender is that the WRE must get a strong enough signal from the router to repeat the signal with reliability. So it may need to be placed between the two buildings, which places it in the weather (plus it will need power).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The Nighthawk is the most powerful range extender I've ever used. As long as you don't have concrete or a lot of metal obstructions, I don't think you'll have a problem. Just make sure the Nighthawk is close enough to your wireless router to receive a full strength signal, and it will do the rest.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It rates it for 10,000 ft. I have used it out in my yard to with my phone to stream music which I couldn't do before and now I can
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.80yrds is probably pushing it, especially because the unit would have to go through your house wall, and your pole barn wall. I would be extremely surprised if this would work. You're probably just better off running some CAT5 to your pole barn. More work, but more reliable and cheaper.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Your Best bet would be to get set up with a wireless extender that you can use a custom antenna on and use a YAGI directed at your work shop. You can take this a step further and set up a receiver for this signal to then rebroadcast it inside of a building if you find that there is interference still.
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