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Outdoor CCTV - Boosting wifi range?
abc123456
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I am currently planning a likely CCTV system to cover an oudoor area of approximately 10 acres. No camera is likely to be situated more than 300m from the house, where monitoring will take place.
I plan to monitor over wfi rather than cabling due to the multiple locations (I envisage 4 cameras) that would require cabling.
As there is no electric at the proposed camera locations, I plan to power the cameras at each location using solar/wind hybrid microgenration systems.
The only issue I have is how to have these IP cameras in range of the home wifi, which will be a BT Infinity using the Home Hub 5 Type A router.
I would appreciate anyone with any advice on how to go about this correctly. Is it easier to "boost" each camera using some plug in device (is that a repeater or extender?...or are they the same thing?), OR is it easier, or indeed possible, to have one central "boosting" device, sited outdoors and connected to the hub to "catch" the wifi signals from the IP cameras?
Any information, or direction appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I plan to monitor over wfi rather than cabling due to the multiple locations (I envisage 4 cameras) that would require cabling.
As there is no electric at the proposed camera locations, I plan to power the cameras at each location using solar/wind hybrid microgenration systems.
The only issue I have is how to have these IP cameras in range of the home wifi, which will be a BT Infinity using the Home Hub 5 Type A router.
I would appreciate anyone with any advice on how to go about this correctly. Is it easier to "boost" each camera using some plug in device (is that a repeater or extender?...or are they the same thing?), OR is it easier, or indeed possible, to have one central "boosting" device, sited outdoors and connected to the hub to "catch" the wifi signals from the IP cameras?
Any information, or direction appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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