Connect garage to house LAN?

[DrB]

Hi,

I have searched the forum but couldn't see anything obvious relating to this question - by all means refer me to a post if this is already answered.

I am looking to install CCTV cameras at my garage - some local idiots are trying to break in. I'm totally Ok with how the network will look and what CCTV products to buy apart from how I get my garage connected to my house's LAN.

I want the CCTV recorder to be in my house - (obviously!) if I put the recorder in the garage and they succeed in breaking in, it will be the first thing they take. And without network, I lose any app or web based connectivity to the recorder.

The wooden garage is 20-30m from my house.

My house is old so has thick walls with bricks that are difficult to drill into.

What I've tried already:
1. My wifi is not strong enough to reach the garage even with a powerful extender. I use an extender configured as a WAP in the house.
2. Powerline adapters are erractic likely due to having to traverse a consumer unit in my garage. I use them in the house very successfully.

I've looked at a bridge - Eg. Ruijie RG-EST100-E - but have been told that both ends must be (a) outdoors and (b) have a line-of-sight. Even though this should be good for a 500m distance, I've been advised that the attentuation of going through a wall (could be a window) at the house and the wooden wall at the garage means that it will not connect. I don't want to mount it outside as drilling holes in my house is really difficult and I cannot mount it at much of a height on the garage so the garage end would be very easy to attack.

Running a network cable to the garage would be difficult due to the topology of my garden not to mention the drilling holes in my walls issue.

For me the bridge seems to be the best solution IF I can site both ends indoors. I am quite open to buying a bridge to try this - I can return it if it doesn't work - but thought I ask here.

I'd be very grateful if anyone has any experience with bridges running in this way? I am not married to the bridge concept so am very willing to look at anything else.

Many thanks,
Michael

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[David]

@DrB window to window should work, as long as there is line of sight.

David

 

[DrB]

Hi David,

Thanks for this.

I've been playing with powerline adapters and managed to get them to work. I've got an old house with 3 fuse boxes - 2 with wire fuses - and so it appears that it depends which combination of 3 pin plug sockets you use. Some don't connect at all, some connect but not well, some are fine... and you don't seem to get the same behaviour from sockets on the same fuse box... The guy that fitted my smart meter nearly ran away when he saw the 3 boxes...

I guess time well spent walking up and down to my garage in the Scottish rain.

Thanks again,
Michael

 

[David]

I've looked at a bridge - Eg. Ruijie RG-EST100-E - but have been told that both ends must be (a) outdoors and (b) have a line-of-sight. Even though this should be good for a 500m distance, I've been advised that the attentuation of going through a wall (could be a window) at the house and the wooden wall at the garage means that it will not connect.

20 - 30m window to garage through wood should be ok, any radio link asymmetry could be overcome by adjusting the bridge transmit power.

Hi David,

Thanks for this.

I've been playing with powerline adapters and managed to get them to work. I've got an old house with 3 fuse boxes - 2 with wire fuses - and so it appears that it depends which combination of 3 pin plug sockets you use. Some don't connect at all, some connect but not well, some are fine... and you don't seem to get the same behaviour from sockets on the same fuse box... The guy that fitted my smart meter nearly ran away when he saw the 3 boxes...

I guess time well spent walking up and down to my garage in the Scottish rain.

Thanks again,
Michael

Michael, I’ve a modern mains board and found powerlines to be fussy about wall sockets.

David