topic Re: WIFI in Garden Cabin in Tech Help - Software/Hardware etc

WIFI in Garden Cabin

niknaknoo73 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:56:20 GMT

I have a shipping container office in my back garden. Once the door is closed I am not able to get any WIFI signal in there.
Is there anything I can do to get WIFI in there?
Sorry if this is a really silly question that has a simple answer.
Thank in advance

Re: WIFI in Garden Cabin

RichardB — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:05:03 GMT

Hi
The metal shipping container is a very goid Faraday cage. It will block all radio signals including WiFi.
I would recommend running outdoor grade ethernet cable to the shipping container and using a WiFi access point inside the container.
I have an old Plusnet router as an access point in the summer house fed by outdoor grade ethernet cable.
Regards
Richard

Re: WIFI in Garden Cabin

Townman — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:12:01 GMT

If you have power in the container, consider Ethernet over Power adapters - see Devolo products.

Re: WIFI in Garden Cabin

dvorak — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:25:07 GMT

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