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I'm researching this exact situation, essentially. I have several acres of property and would like to put PTZ cameras in the field which are also behind some trees. I figure a directional antenna would be a better solution than another omni-directional AP. I currently use Eero mesh routers for the entire home WLAN. A few things for you. Why did you say you couldn't use it as a mesh access point due to not having power, even though you did have power using POE? Perhaps you meant something else by that. I assume you don't (or didn't) have a mesh capable router. Any suggestions given it's been three years now that you would have told yourself back then for this setup? Particularly, I want to try not running any cables throughout my lawn (digging up a trench for conduit and the expenses) if I can help it. If possible, maybe use a tall antenna from the top of my house using POE and one directional antenna. Alternatively, passing the network connection to another node out in the field and using a solar powered controller, etc. could work, but I'm not sure what expenses that would incur or the difficulty. Thanks so much for your input ahead of time and appreciate the video (and update)!
@@Irondrgntp That was exactly his point.. He said he doesn't have power in the field, so he can't just add another node in the mesh setup... Your solution for that was to run solar for it.. But I'm not sure if that would even work without a significant panel and probably a battery too... and then you would need an inverter to turn it back to 110, just to run the plugs for POE or whatever the node uses for power.. So it's definitely not practical-- especially how the nodes have limited range anyway. You could possibly run a wireless bridge-- which beams a signal across the field to a receiver-- but then you need to tie it to another local router at the camp.. which again, needs power out there to do that.
Thank you so much. I bought the stuff you listed and now I have strong signal from house to front gate 400 yards away. Connect wifi/solar camera at gate. Works perfectly.
If you want to get real range, set up a pair of those directional Yagi antennas. Pointed the same direction, but one with the little bars horizontal, and one with them vertical. This will let you have true MIMO wifi broadcasting over the field.
So, being a little slow I have no idea where you started, let me ask in this manner. The storage shed where you mounted the AP on the mast; is this where you have a hard hardwired Ethernet router already? I have a metal barn 100 feet away. So if I installed this on the soffit of our house (running a cat 6 cable and power into garage attic space and drill soffit for cables) Then the signal should be strong enough to power WiFi equipment in shop? I use laptop and TV for watching videos during equipment repairs. Side not: all other solutions I've seen have a transmitter (for the house) and a receiver (for the outbuildings then the ethernet cable gets connected to a router inside the out building.). This truly seems to be a very simple solution, if will provide a strong WiFi inside the barn. Anyone please jump in and help an old man out! i have many shop projects but need the WiFi to follow plans and videos during projects! Thanks everyone.!
Nice Video, just what I am looking to do. Ty for posting plus links to the products used. Wondering name of App you used to scan your WiFi signal strength in db?
Great addition! I've been wondering about something like this. We have good internet within the house, and I've tried a few different things to get it out into the garage and further into the yard. This looks like a good, inexpensive option.
Finishing up getting the list of supplies for the install. I only have about 700 foot to where my shop is and i hope my blink cameras will work that far away.
Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been fighting weak Wi-Fi from a Wavlink AC600 repeater for a couple years. The Yagi antenna works great. The adapter cable I bought easily connected the Yagi to the repeater’s 2.4Ghz omni-directional connection. At a distance of about 500 feet, download speeds went from 2 to 29 Mbps; upload 0.5 to 8.6 Mbps; and signal strength from -70 to -58 db. These speeds are with the Wavlink in repeater mode; it’s not even connected to the router by Ethernet! I’m grateful for your help!
What did you use as your connection to keep it waterproof? I used the adaptors he suggested but then it leaves it open to potentially not being waterproof
Thanks for sharing your outcome of the ac600 I also have one trying to get wifi to my mother's house 1000 feet away I have ordered the wifi yagi can't wait to try it.
Oh cool! I bought the TP-Link cpe210, which is very directional. But it's old hardware and goes wonky after a while. Honestly it's horrible. I never thought about getting one of those and using a directional antenna. So cool! Also, love that wifi signal app. It's been handy! So cool seeing a fellow "nerd" interested in Christmas tree farming.
Around twenty years ago I did this on my farm. The main difference is we used a little switch access point so the network remained the same as the house network. We set up a link going across a valley to another house. I might try and do it again with modern networking equipment.
Thumbs up. Thanks for sharing your efforts. What is your reception distance in the immediate area (360) of the single omnidirectional? For reasonable speed to download and distance for mere communication?
It's plenty strong withing 150ft-200ft or so. Any obstructions like trees really impacts it though. We use it to steam video, video calls, wifi calling etc and it's more than acceptable
Good stuff! I run a Ubiquiti UniFi system with the mesh APs - buuuuut I am about to run cat6a all the way to the AP and power it with POE off the switch eliminating the need for the injector and providing me full bandwidth at the AP. This right here is what the next gen of tree farmers looks like! Keep up the improvements! Feels like you and I are about the same place in many of our adventures. Cheers!
Hi There. I am trying to do exactly what you did using all of the identical equipment. What is the adapter that you used to connect the Yagi to the TP-Link. Obviously they don't just connect without an adapter. The male/female is not right and the Yagi connector is a good deal larger. Thanks.
Does that Yagi connects to your router? what happens if your router already is being use for different devices in home. Most routers only have 4 ethernet connections
Should have shown the purpose of the connectors and the cable you used to connect the antenna. The connectors that you show make absolutely no sense. I can only guess that you didn't use them...!
Thanks for the feedback. The Yagi antenna won't connect to the outdoor access point without the adapters. They're different sizes. The links in the description will get you what you need.
I tried this exact setup using the product links you provided. In my experience, the yagi antenna was omnidirectional and provided no directionality or increased range over the stock omnidirectional antennas. I could get about 300 feet (max) of distance in any direction with or without the yagi attached.
I like that your minds works brilliantly to me but now you forget send to me your specs so i can try my best to riched 1000m because i want to open a business make people around me rent for connecting to my wifi please tell me your specs names that airel you plug in i don't know name and from which company created maybe is Poynting company from South Africa i don't know but i can found it cause am here in South Africa just 😂now
The yagi is only for 2.4GHz,but your AP is 2.4/5GHz,dual band. You should get a dual band antenna,it's not great for the power transmitter of your device,and you could get better speed on 5GHz too.
Why? Just use 2.4 for range, since the whole idea is range, not bandwidth. 5 isn't needed for just listening to music/podcasts while using machinery, as was explained as the intent. Its not like they are putting a TV and gaming system at the far end of the field....
@@charinabottae So,let's get started. The first and most important is it doesn't matter if you're only using 2.4 if your router is dual band,IT WILL transmit on 5 as well,and if you have a monoband antenna,your SWR will be awful on any other band,and IT WILL FRY your power transistors in your router.Even if you turn off 5GHz,most routers will still broadcast occasionally. Second,while on 2.4 the max power is 100mW(mostly less),on 5 on higher channels output can be 2-3-500mW.same with phones,on 2.4 they have significantly lower output than on 5.In wide open areas,5GHz on a higher output channel will give you greater coverage despite the fact it penetrates thru obstacles worse.more throughput is just an added bonus. So think again,if you want 2.4 just get a monoband cpe,but if you have a device like this,and you'd like to use it more than a couple of weeks or months if you're lucky,then get a proper antenna to keep it healthy. As you can see next to pc/networking tech,I'm a radio amateur/cb'er,and I've fried things before due to my own stupidity and lack of knownledge,I'm just trying to help others not fall into the same trap.
We're now over 3 years with this setup and nothing is fried yet and it continues to perform as it did on day 1. If anything fails all the components are cheap as hell and I'll buy a replacement. The OAP is almost half the cost now as it was 3 years ago. Don't know why techies get all worked up on the specs. If its works it works. Doesn't matter what your ITT Tech instructor told you.
so you could mount 2 more antennas and 1 more ap then you got 3 directional at 70° overlapping 90 ° being right angle and still one antenna doing local 200m
Thank you very much for this video sir. It was very helpful to me. Especially the list of items greatly decreased the time for me to search for the correct parts. Thanks! I needed a range of 1300 feet. My problem that was different than yours is the foliage. Your situation was shooting across a wide open field and lake while mine was shooting down a road with trees. Wifi needs a clear open path for the best range. The leaves block the wifi signal. So in order to extend the range as far as possible some tree trimming was necessary to give a perfectly clear shot down the road. I did the trimming and the signal was strong.
Appreciate your sharing. The antenna you recommended seems to be a 2.4 gHz band only whereas the access point is dual band, correct? So what happens if you are trying to feed a 5gHz signal into a 2gHz antenna or is there a fix for that i haven't seen yet ? Thanks!
@@WoodsTreeFarm Right, but my concern was that regardless of which you select in the software, the hardware access point (radio) is trying to transmit both 2.4 and 5 gHz to potential users and my concern is What happens when you yoke a dual band radio to a limited 2.4 antenna not designed to handle the 5gHz transmitter in the Access Point? In normal radio work, that could lead to an mismatch which could damage the transmitter in the AP--like linkng a limited mower deck to a much faster rpm tractor if you can't throttle back the tractor. So, do you know if this AP allows you to 'turn off' the 5 gHz portion, I guess is my question. I couldn't find anything online.
Thanks for the clarification. I don't know the answer. This has been in place on my property for a while now and I don't have any issues. It works as intended for me.
Am I mistaken thinking this is a one-way connection service? How does your device signal (wifi) get amplified enough to get back? Seems like security cameras wouldn't work in this setup.
Don't know for certain. haven't tried putting cameras out long range to see, but I think it's kind of like if you were connected on a video call on your phone where there's upload and download happening simultaneously, and should work fine.
I know this video is a year old, but it looked like the Wi-Fi sword antenna was pointed up too high. If i were checking that, I’d get a handheld laser and guide it’s direction across the pond at night!
The eap225 is an excellent access point! I’ve had luck with tests as far as 1.5KM away. Although the signal is weak it did work. I wonder how it would have gone with an external antenna.
Ok all videos are about being wired from wifi router to the antenna, but what about applications whewre can not get a cable from the wifi router to the antenna?
Very envious on your wifi. Our speed test come in at whopping 3 coming in and 1.25 going out and that's hardwired to everything. Wifi isn't even an option.
Thanks Phil, I live in Spain on a small olive farm with two houses 200ft apart and a front gate 200ft the other way, where I would like to put cameras and have wifi at the house. I've looked at several ways of doing it and this looks like a good solution without splitting my Lan. Btw. I ordered the unit and two of the Yagi antennas from the U.S. Amazon as the antennas on Spain Amazon didn't look as good and the unit was cheaper even with shipping. Cheers. Glenn
