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Any suggestions on ways to extend or strengthen wifi ranges for outdoor ring or blink camera that aren’t close to the house? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We have a horse yard at our house that we have some cameras we want to place watching it but most ring and blink brand cameras are wifi-based so we have trouble getting the areas we want covered because our wifi doesn’t really reach out if the house. Does anyone suggest any specific solutions to this problem? We are thinking about wifi extenders or boosters or we don’t know if we need another router or how to set that up with the one we have from our wifi company. I’m not sure the difference between wifi boosters, access point, etc and the good or bad brands. All advice would be greatly appreciated

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

run a new ethernet cable to the edge or outside of the house and install a powerful outdoor AP they will have the range to cover the distance.

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/business-networking/omada-eap/#outdoor-ap

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Outdoor access point - wired back to the router - is the answer.

I would also use PoE to power the AP, either an access point that supports PoE directly, or with a PoE splitter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago