Best way to extend Wi Fi signal to Garden room

Catbells

I've just had a small garden office built in my garden but my wi fi (Talk Talk) won't extend that far. Its about 60ft from the house at the back of my garden. What is the most reliable way to extend the signal. I have an electric cable with a plug socket in the garden next to the new office which might help. Thanks.

onomatopoeia99

Run cat5e cable from your house to the garden room and have a wireless access point there. Since you asked for the most reliable way.

[Deleted User]

An extender should bridge the gap.

Or if you have power in the office, a powerline adapter?

sysadmin

Cat5e like already mentioned is the most reliable way
However... I've just installed these
https://shop.bt.com/learnmore/bt-branded-products-and-services/bt-whole-home-wi-fi/

And they are great! My virgin router (300MB) is located right by the front door of my 1930's Semi. I have the "master" disc plugged in there, I have one in our loft extension 2 floors up and then finally I have one in the cabin/summer house which is 40 meters at least away from the front of the house. I easily get 100Mbps-150Mbps in the cabin which for what im doing in there is more than enough...

They work by creating a wireless mesh network between the discs... im very impressed with them

Catbells

Been trying to find a way to do this on youtube but all items seem ancient - there doesn't seem to be any videos which are current. Can you tell me if I can do this myself and is it straightforward or do I need an engineer to come out for a lot of £££££££?

[Deleted User]

For what method? Most solutions involve plugging something in, which shouldn't require anyone with specialist training.

Catbells

Thanks. Do I just plug the master disc into my router and then trail the cable up the garden to my office and that will do it? I was thinking I would need something a bit more tech but it sounds straightforward.

Croft12

Catbells wrote: »

Thanks. Do I just plug the master disc into my router and then trail the cable up the garden to my office and that will do it? I was thinking I would need something a bit more tech but it sounds straightforward.

As Ono says cat5e or cat6 would be best (only the external variety) but will need someone with some knowledge to fit and you probably don't need that cost for the gain.



If you have a bt package with a 'free' mesh system included then use that it should work.


if you don't then its expensive to add as it has an ongoing charge. (albeit they replace if damaged)


As you say you have power in the garden I'd use a powerline adaptor (either with a wifi repeater or cable (depending on what you need in your office the cable only is cheaper.) Just connect one end to your router the other in the garden. [The only issue potentially is that they are supposed to be on the same fuse box so if you have a seperate one it could be an issue although from personal experience I was able to get it to work between buildings with seperate fuseboxes.]


https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/network-wifi/best-powerline-adapters-3490638/


I use both router wifi/ seperate mesh and powerline at home.

sysadmin

you can buy the BT whole home system for around £150 for 3 discs.
They are wireless so the only cable is the short one from your router to the first disc next to it.
Put the ISP supplied router in modem only mode, plug the discs in, slight configuration via the phone app and away you go

AndyPK

another option you could consider is putting your current router at the rear of your house, near a window and see if that would cover all your needs

Croft12

AndyPK wrote: »

another option you could consider is putting your current router at the rear of your house, near a window and see if that would cover all your needs

wifi routers signals are best in (esp in early standards) 'roughly' a donut shape. So try to keep the devices you want inside that for optimal signals.