Internet in my cabin (120ft/ 40m from house)

WIAWSNB

Murmansk said:

My understanding is that powerline adaptors tend to cut the speed rather a lot so I think the Cat5 cable is a far better idea. 

I'm sure 'powerlines' are a compromise, but it would save having to run an additional cable.
I guess it depends on how much speed is actually required. 
I'm assuming there is already a power supply in place, so to try PLs out would be little cost - £20-ish - and a Google suggests they could work up to 300m.
Surely worth a try? Then a 'switch' at the end to split the output - cable to any fixed device, and a TP WiFi extender for wireless coverage.

casper_gutman

WIAWSNB said:

Murmansk said:

My understanding is that powerline adaptors tend to cut the speed rather a lot so I think the Cat5 cable is a far better idea. 

I'm sure 'powerlines' are a compromise, but it would save having to run an additional cable.
I guess it depends on how much speed is actually required. 
I'm assuming there is already a power supply in place, so to try PLs out would be little cost - £20-ish - and a Google suggests they could work up to 300m.
Surely worth a try? Then a TP WiFi extender plugged in at t'end.

Personally I'd try it. They worked well here, and as you say the cost is minimal.

Albermarle

I'm sure 'powerlines' are a compromise, but it would save having to run an additional cable.
I guess it depends on how much speed is actually required. 

Yes, a lot of us nowadays have more internet speed than we would ever need.
We have 150 but when it was upgraded to 50, I can not say I noticed any significant difference.
I also use a couple of powerline adaptors. It says not to use plug extension, but both the input and output are plugged in extensions with no issues.

Bartoni79

I’ll need it for running an Amazon fire stick for tv, work calls in zoom and browsing YouTube… no gaming (yet)

Grenage

Bartoni79 said:

I’ll need it for running an Amazon fire stick for tv, work calls in zoom and browsing YouTube… no gaming (yet)

That's a pretty minimal requirement.  You can get 600+Mbps adapters. 

That said, a cable is always better if it's not much effort to install.

Labtebricolist

Range extender are terrible, and I've also had very mixed success with power line systems in the past.

We have an outbuilding about 90m from the house.  For internet, we had the installers put access points in the room with our router and in the outbuilding, connected with heavy duty data cable (not sure which cat) buried in a shallow trench down the border.  I have set up a mesh network (Orbi) in the main house, and have a companion box in the outbuilding.  Connect to the access point and it works perfectly.  It also has the benefit of having extended wifi coverage through most of the garden. 

WIAWSNB

Labtebricolist said:

Range extender are terrible, and I've also had very mixed success with power line systems in the past.

We have an outbuilding about 90m from the house.  For internet, we had the installers put access points in the room with our router and in the outbuilding, connected with heavy duty data cable (not sure which cat) buried in a shallow trench down the border.  I have set up a mesh network (Orbi) in the main house, and have a companion box in the outbuilding.  Connect to the access point and it works perfectly.  It also has the benefit of having extended wifi coverage through most of the garden. 

...and it was cheap.

It really depends on what is required, and the OP's needs aren't that demanding. I use Powerline adaptors - admittedly within the house, tho between floors and on different ring circuits - and it is preferable to the WiFi range extender which is nearly overhead.

Obvs the OP's call, but to trial PLAs is surely worth it - the cost is absolutely minimal.

Liverpool855

Hi, I’ve done this for an outbuilding
you need a wireless access point- I have this one TP-Link TL-WA1201 Access Point... which I got a few years ago (so there may be updated versions)

it was fairly plug and play/simples to set up 

it connects via cat6 to my existing internet hub but then creates a wireless with a different name/password using the same network. Works great! 

spile

I’d recommend running a cable and then using a repurposed router as a wireless point. It will also give you a couple of network ports.

Bartoni79

Cheers guys! Thanks for all your help!