{"id":923624,"date":"2021-08-20T07:15:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T11:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=923624"},"modified":"2021-08-20T07:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T11:15:16","slug":"point-to-point-wi-fi-bridging-between-buildings-the-cheap-and-easy-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=923624","title":{"rendered":"Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings\u2014the cheap and easy way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/hero-shot-unopened-deux-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"We tested these TP-Link outdoor Wi-Fi bridges&#x2014;both 2.4GHz and 5GHz versions&#x2014;across 80 meters of partially-wooded terrain, with great success.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/hero-shot-unopened-deux.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"3024\" data-width=\"4032\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> We tested these TP-Link outdoor Wi-Fi bridges\u2014both 2.4GHz and 5GHz versions\u2014across 80 meters of partially-wooded terrain, with great success. (credit: Jim Salter)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Extending your Wi-Fi properly from one building to another is, unfortunately, a bit of a secret art\u2014but it doesn&#8217;t need to be either difficult or expensive. The secret lies mostly in knowing the right tools for the job. This is a job that shouldn&#8217;t involve range extenders or rely on standard Wi-Fi mesh pieces. The good news is, with the right gear, you can connect your home to an outbuilding without either professional expertise\u00a0<em>or<\/em> a ditch witch and a spool of burial-grade cable.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Salter household (current generation) is planted firmly in suburbia, my parents stayed rural when they moved closer to their grandkids. Their place is beautiful, but it&#8217;s the kind of home where a riding lawn mower is optional\u2014a tractor with bush hog is a necessity. Said tractor lives in a barn about 80 meters from the house, much of which is a moderately wooded grove. And that made it an excellent test candidate for a little DIY networking experiment.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal in this exercise is not to geek out as hard as possible by mounting and aiming everything with millimeter precision. Instead, we&#8217;re simply out to demonstrate that wirelessly connecting two buildings quickly, cheaply, and easily is possible for anyone. In fact, you can even enjoy more-than-acceptable results in the end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1787619#p3\">Read 34 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1787619&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=NCULlLe99rk:YQ8mrWs7xkM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=NCULlLe99rk:YQ8mrWs7xkM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=NCULlLe99rk:YQ8mrWs7xkM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=NCULlLe99rk:YQ8mrWs7xkM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1787619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings\u2014the cheap and easy way<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ We tested these TP-Link outdoor Wi-Fi bridges\u2014both 2.4GHz and 5GHz versions\u2014across 80 meters of partially-wooded terrain, with great success. (credit: Jim Salter) Extending your Wi-Fi properly from one building to another is, unfortunately, a bit of a secret &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=923624\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":923625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-923624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=923624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/923625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=923624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=923624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=923624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}