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WIFI in Garden Cabin

niknaknoo73
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Registered: ‎04-10-2015

WIFI in Garden Cabin

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
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RichardB
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Re: WIFI in Garden Cabin

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
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Re: WIFI in Garden Cabin

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

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